Posted
on December 24, 2013
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| Check out the crazy-looking antenna Fessenden built at Brant Rock! |
Fessenden
transmitted his short radio show from Brant Rock, Massachusetts. He
played a phonograph record of a piece by Handel, then he played “O
Holy Night” on the violin, sang a Christmas carol, and read a
passage from the Bible.
Fessenden asked his listeners to write to him telling him about their location when they heard the radio show, and also describing the sound quality (or lack of quality).
Fessenden asked his listeners to write to him telling him about their location when they heard the radio show, and also describing the sound quality (or lack of quality).
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| Reginald Fessenden |
However
it went, it is certain that the experiments run by Fessenden and
others, and the innovations made by the scientists and engineers,
resulted in a very big boom by the 1920s. There was a radio craze,
and as consumers purchased their first radios at an unprecedented
rate, radio stations sprung up to fill the broadcasting needs.
Radio-as-entertainment became huge and still is huge!
There
are sure to be special holiday broadcasts today (and tonight)! Check
one out, if you have time.
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