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The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of commercial radio broadcasting in the early 1920s and lasted through the 1950s, when television gradually superseded radio as the medium of choice ...
Weather radio: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration operates the NOAA Weather Radio service of over 1000 stations nationwide, operating on its own small designated 162 MHz FM band. Two way radio services take up most of the rest of the geomagnetic spectrum, including marine VHF radio, amateur radio, the aforementioned citizens ...
The console radio was the center piece of household entertainment in the era of radio. They were big and expensive, costing hundreds of dollars in the late 1930s and were often coupled with a phonograph. Tending to be a major acquisition for a middle-class family, these large radios were usually placed in living rooms.
In the United States, FM broadcasting stations currently are assigned to 101 channels, designated 87.9 to 107.9 MHz, within a 20.2 MHz-wide frequency band, spanning 87.8–108.0 MHz. In the 1930s investigations were begun into establishing radio stations transmitting on "Very High Frequency" (VHF) assignments above 30 MHz.
The 1926 formation of the National Broadcasting Company was a consolidation and reorganization of earlier network radio operations developed by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) beginning in 1922, in addition to more limited efforts conducted by the "radio group" companies, which consisted of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and its corporate owners, General Electric (GE ...
During this era, nearly all of radio's most popular programs were broadcast on one of three networks: NBC Red, NBC Blue, or CBS' Columbia network. The top-rated radio programs on American radio from each season: [40] [41] 1930–31, 1931–32: Amos 'n' Andy (Pepsodent, NBC-WJZ) 1932–33, 1933–34: The Chase and Sanborn Hour (Eddie Cantor, NBC ...
The Gay Nineties Revue (radio program) The General Electric Concert; General Motors Concerts; The Gibson Family; Girl Alone; The Goldbergs (broadcast series) Good News of 1938; The Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra; Goodwill Court; Grand Central Station (radio series) The Green Hornet (radio series) The Grouch Club; Guiding Light (1937–1949)
1920s: Radio was first used to transmit pictures visible as television. 1926: Official Egyptian decree to regulate radio transmission stations and radio receivers. [40] Early 1930s: Single sideband (SSB) and frequency modulation (FM) were invented by amateur radio operators. By 1940, they were established commercial modes.