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Web Quiz - Chapter 6
1. What did the following people contribute to radio
a. Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
b. Lee de Forest
c. David Sarnoff
2. In what year did the government begin regulating (licensing) radio and why?
3. How was the Radio Corporation of America formed?
4. Why did Westinghouse construct KDKA, the first commercial radio station, in 1920?
5. What impact did blanket licensing have on the development of radio?
6. What are the five developments that changed radio and allowed radio to survive the challenge of TV? What was their impact?