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Also Known As Broadcasting
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Sound carried by electromagnetic waves, grown from Marconi's wireless telegraphy of the 1890s into scheduled public broadcasting in 1920. Radio was the first medium to put a live voice into millions of homes at once, and it remains the most widely accessible electronic medium in the world.

Facts
Origin Year
1922 1
1922 marks the BBC's daily scheduled broadcasting, which this entity's own origin-note anchors on; Marconi's first wireless transmissions predate it by two decades.
Origin
Scheduled public broadcasting is exemplified by the BBC, which began daily transmissions from its London 2LO studio on 14 November 1922. 2
Place of Origin
London, United Kingdom 2
Primary Format
Live or recorded audio transmitted over radio waves to receivers over a wide area 1
Typical Distribution
Scheduled over-the-air broadcast from local stations, received live on a radio receiver 1
Connections

Associated With

The wartime London reports were radio.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Nobel Prize Official Site
Source A Social History of the MediaAsa Briggs and Peter Burke

Conducted the first audio radio broadcast of voice and music in 1906, a foundational moment for the radio medium.

Media Entries

BBC, Organizations
Source Gunsmoke (Wikipedia)

The doctrine was articulated for radio and extends to television; its birthplace medium is recorded here.

Source BBC Official Site
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Wikipedia
Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • 1922 Timeline section
    2LO is transferred to the British Broadcasting Company and begins broadcasting on medium wave from Marconi House to London.
  • Radio broadcasting, lead section
    Radio broadcasting is the transmission of signals, especially audio, to receivers using radio waves over a wide area.
  • Radio broadcasting, Receiver section
    It receives audio programs intended for public reception transmitted by local radio stations.
  • Media Entries: Vacuum Tube, Triodes section
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2. National Science and Media Museum Official Site
National Science and Media Museum, Science Museum GroupThis week in broadcasting history blog post
Quote, This week in broadcasting history blog post
99 years ago this week, on 14 November 1922, the BBC broadcast its first programme, and daily transmission from London's 2LO studio began.
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A Social History of the Media
Asa Briggs and Peter Burke, Polity Press, 2009
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
BBC Official Site
British Broadcasting CorporationMedia Entries: Public Service BroadcastingView the Source
Nobel Prize Official Site
Nobel Prize OutreachAssociated With: Guglielmo MarconiView the Source
Gunsmoke (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationMedia Entries: Gunsmoke, Lead paragraph, opening sentence
Quote, Media Entries: Gunsmoke, Lead paragraph, opening sentence
Gunsmoke is a media franchise centered around the American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston.
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