Deck 2: The Roaring 20s: Promise, Chaos, and Controls

Question 1

On 11/2/1920, What radio station began regularly scheduled programs?

A) KDKA
B) WEAF
C) WBZ
D) WNBC

Answer 1

A

Question 2

This pioneer radio station was owned by:

A) NBC
B) AT&T
C) GE
D) Westinghouse

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In order to avoid a debilitating fight, what three companies joined forces: (! 3)

A) GE
B) Westinghouse
C) AT&T
D) RCA

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The first broadcast license went to which station, in 1921?

A) KDKA
B) WBZ
C) WJZ
D) WJX

Question 5

In 1922, the first commercial aired on what station?

A) KDKA
B) WBZ
C) WEAF
D) WJZ

Question 6

At first, radio stations depended on advertising their own products such as radio receivers rather than commercials:

Question 7

The first transatlantic broadcast took place on October 1, 1922 from where to where? __________________to __________________________

Question 8

In 1922, all stations broadcast:

A) on "chain" networks.
B) on the same frequency- 360 meters.
C) on a wide variety of unregulated frequencies
D) on broadcast quality transmission lines.

Question 9

Originally, assigned station call letters consisted of 4 letters:

Question 10

The first interconnected broadcasts from WEAF in New York were called:

A) group transmissions
B) chain broadcasting
C) networks
D) cable transmissions

Question 11

Both AT&T and RCA claimed patent infringement on radio equipment; this was investigated by:

A) FCC
B) FTC
C) FAT
D) FRC

Question 12

Creative artists complained that their works were being used by radio stations without compensation; they were represented by:

A) AFTRA
B) ASCAP
C) BMI
D) NAB

Question 13

At the Second National Radio Conference, radio stations were divided, according to transmitter power,
into how many groups?

Question 14

At the Third National Radio Conference in 1924, stations were allocated according to:

A) amplitude
B) wavelength
C) transmitter power
D) frequency in kilowatts

Question 15

In 1926, RCA, GE and Westinghouse established the first radio network:

A) CBS
B) ABC
C) Mutual
D) NBC

Question 16

The Radio Act of 1927 established which government regulatory agency?

A) the FCC
B) the FTC
C) the FRC
D) the FBI

Question 17

The 1927 Radio Act established what policy?

A) the equal time rule
B) the requirement that stations operate in the public interest
C) that radio stations broadcast news, weather and sports
D) that radio stations limit the number of commercials in an hour

Question 18

The new 1927 regulatory agency used its authority to regulate which of the following:

A) religious charlatans
B) patent-medicine hucksters
C) fortune tellers
D) all of the above

Question 19

The second radio network, formed in 1927 was:

A) CBS
B) ABC
C) Mutual
D) PBS

Question 20

In 1929, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll created what popular radio series?

A) The Chase and Sanborn Choral Orchestra
B) Amos and Andy
C) The Smith Brothers- Trade and Mark
D) The Johnson and Johnson Program