Radio Broadcasting History
Which scientist/inventor is known as the “Father of Radio?”
Nikola Tesla
Fessenden worked with whom in 1892?
Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse
Hertz was named professor at what university in 1889?
University of Bonn
Give the date and location of Mr. Loomis’ death.
October 13, 1886 Terra Alta, WV
What inventor completes this equation? Newton -> ??? -> Einstein
Maxwell
Who began lab experiments on his father’s estate in 1895?
Guglielmo Marconi
What individual was forced to spend most of his fortune on attorney’s fees and court costs?
Lee De Forest
Who discovered AM (amplitude modulation) radio?
Reginald Fessenden
De Forest won how many patents during his lifetime?
180
Tesla did what in 1884?
He moved to America and began working with Thomas Edison.
Which inventor was the first to use an antenna system?
Mahlon Loomis
Maxwell was first named a professor of physics in what year?
1856
Give the date and location of Mr. Fessenden’s birth.
October 6, 1866 Quebec, Canada
Marconi was granted a patent for wireless telegraphy in what year?
1896
De Forest’s two major inventions were what?
The vacuum tube and sound for motion pictures.
Tesla was awarded approximately how many patents in his lifetime?
700
Give the date and location of Mr. Marconi’s birth.
April 25, 1874 Bologna, Italy
What individual wanted to be known as the “Father of Broadcasting,” but was not?
Lee De Forest
What inventor became a professor of physics at Cambridge University in 1871?
James Clerk Maxwell
Marconi did what in 1897?
He formed the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company.
Loomis did what in 1868?
He demonstrated wireless communication for Congress.
De Forest described modern radio as what?
He described it as “a failure… full of second-rate jazz.”
Give the date and location of Mr. Hertz’s birth.
February 22, 1857 Hamburg, Germany
What inventor was pursuing research in space exploration and nuclear energy as early as the 1850’s?
James Clerk Maxwell
Who established wireless communication between France and England in 1899?
Guglielmo Marconi
Which inventor received patent #7777 for “syntonic telegraphy?”
Guglielmo Marconi
What was invented (and by whom) in 1891 that is still used in radio design today?
The Tesla Coil by Nikola Tesla
De Forest was the first individual to broadcast what event in 1916?
Election returns.
Give the date and location of Maxwell’s death.
November 5, 1879 Cambridge, England
In what year did Marconi transmit wireless signals across the Atlantic?
1901
What scientist helped develop laser beams, robotics, remote control, solar energy and satellites?
Nikola Tesla
Marconi was credited with what achievement in 1902?
He transmitted the first complete message from the United States to England.
Which inventor is known as the “Father of Radio Broadcasting?”
Reginald Fessenden
A microwave radiotelephone link was established in 1932 between what locations?
Vatican City and Castel Gandolfo.
Give the date and location of Mr. Tesla’s birth.
July 10, 1856 Croatia
What did Fessenden do in 1906?
He executed a Christmas Eve broadcast featuring music and scripture.
Give the date and location of Maxwell’s birth.
June 13, 1831 Edinburgh, Scotland
Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1909?
Guglielmo Marconi
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled which inventor was most important to the development of radio in 1943?
Nikola Tesla
Loomis received his first patent for wireless telegraphy in what year?
1872
Marconi predicted the concept of naval radar in what year?
1922
Give the date and location of Mr. De Forest’s birth.
August 26, 1873 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Newton is credited with the Laws of Motion, Einstein with the Theory of Relativity and Maxwell with what?
Four Mathematical Equations
Tesla won a patent for what creation in 1896?
Basic design of a radio. (Later used by Marconi)
Naval radar was effectively demonstrated by Marconi in what year?
1935
De Forest worked where ?
Hollywood
Give the date and location of Mr. Fessenden’s death.
July 22, 1932 Bermuda
What did De Forest create in 1907?
De Forest Radio Telephone Company
Name the first scientist/inventor to broadcast and receive radio waves.
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
Give the date and location of Mr. Tesla’s death.
January 7, 1943 New York, NY
What scientist helped develop the fields of thermodynamics, rheology, photography, engineering and mathematics?
James Clerk Maxwell
Give the date and location of Mr. Loomis’ birth.
July 26, 1826 Oppenheim, NY
Fessenden succeeded with what task in 1900?
He transmitted his voice via wireless telephone.
Who developed wireless radio communication for the US Weather Bureau?
Reginald Fessenden
Maxwell’s development of what helped create radio, television, radar, microwaves and thermal images?
Electromagnetic radiation.
Tesla hoped to harness the power of what?
Niagara Falls
Give the date and location of Mr. Hertz’s death.
January 1, 1894 Bonn, Germany
Fessenden owned over 500 patents including two for what?
Microfilm and sonar.
Give the date and location of Mr. De Forest’s death.
June 30, 1961 Los Angeles, CA
What inventor received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1899?
Lee De Forest
What inventor is regarded for combining scientific research and religious faith?
James Clerk Maxwell
Tesla succeeded in building what structure in 1895?
The first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls.
Give the date and location of Mr. Marconi’s death.
July 20, 1937 Rome, Italy
Who created audion equipment in 1916?
Lee De Forest
What inventor built wireless telegraph devices for the US Navy?
Lee De Forest
Westinghouse sided with Tesla against Edison in what?
The War of the Currents
Who was known as the “Father of Modern Physics?”
James Clerk Maxwell
The hertz (Hz), a unit of measurement, is named for what scientist?
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
The Loomis Bill, signed into law in 1873, created what?
Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company
The disagreement between Edison and Tesla revolved around what?
What kind of electrical current would be best for America.