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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Morse | invented the telegraphy |
| Hertz | harnessed the waves |
| Maxwell | theorized that electromagnetic waves existed |
| Marconi | patent wireless telegraphy, "father of radio" |
| Deforest | invented Vacuum tubes |
| Popov | experimented with wireless telegraphy |
| RCA | had radio okay to dominate radio industry |
| Radio Act of 1927 | radio waves were a "natural resource", need a license to use them, established FRC to oversee |
| communications Act of 1934 | established FCC, regulates radio |
| Telecommunications Act of 1996 | companies could own as many stations as they wanted, eliminates most ownership rules |
| Repeal of Fairness Doctrine | no longer had to express both sides of an argument |
| Edison | used a needle to press sound waves into foil, recorded his own voice |
| Martinville | need created groves in revolving cylinder coated in "lamp black" stretched membrane over funnel |
| Berlinger | invented the gramophone |