Today we have Guglielmo Marconi, full title Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of MarconiMr. Marconi (4/25/1874 - 7/20/1937) is the inventor of the radio, which revolutionized communications and was crucial to the opening of the global economy. Some notable facts or feats include the following>Born in Bologna and received no formal education as a child. Privately tutored instead>Became friends with Augusto Righi, a pioneer of the microwave>Began working on "wireless telegraphy" in the 1890's using radio waves>Built a storm alarm in 1894 made out of a battery, coherer, and electric bell to pick up radio waves. Next year he'd developed a very primitive radio>By 1897 he'd demonstrated it in Britain, and it had achieved a distance of 3 miles. Only in morse code by this point. >In 1899 the SS Saint Paul used Marconi's radio to transmit her return to England from 66 miles away>On 12/1/1901, used a radio to transmit a signal from Cornwall to Newfoundland>In 1903 President Roosevelt and King Edward VII exchanged the first public wireless communication between Europe and America>Was offered free passage on the Titanic but declined as he was busy>Fought in WW1 as a military engineer lieutenant. >Joined the fascist party in 1923. Became a marquess by royal decree in 1929. Became president of the Royal Academy of Italy in 1930What do you think about the father of the radio?Also, I really hate to do this, but I'll be using a tripcode now since someone keeps pretending to be me. Sorry for that. I don't like doing it eitherLink to previous thread: >>18697300
>Radio broadcasting in the United States was launched in 1920 and the presidential election that fall was the first one to be broadcast in real time, although only in the New York City area. During the '20s, radio mania took off in the US--the numerous, overlapping transmission frequencies often caused problems which led to President Coolidge approving the creation of the FCC to regulate and parcel out radio bandwidth.>During the 1930s, the FCC expanded beyond mere regulation of the technical aspects of radio transmission to also regulating content and restricting airtime use for obscene or controversial broadcasts. New Deal policies incentivized the near-universal adoption of radios into the American home, so that by decade's end nearly every household with electricity had a radio. The Fairness Doctrine was inaugurated in 1941 as a reaction against controversial broadcasters such as the anti-Semitic "radio priest" Father Charles Coughlin, whose Michigan-based show had gained a large following. It required both sides of a political argument to be represented fairly. The Fairness Doctrine was repealed by Congress in 1987.
>>18699574i was tired last night and didnt have an opportunity to reply to your daily vs not question in genghis khan (sad it died so early). i previously said weekly/biweekly would be better, but i've changed my mind on it. i think doing it daily isn't as bad as i was thinking and gives an actual reason to visit the board daily. my only other suggestion was going to be make threads when the other was close to dying, but that's not easily predictable and makes it hard to know when a new thread will be made. also, posters themselves will dictate if a thread should stay alive or just die to go to the next historical figure.just keep doing what you're doing, basically.
>>18699574Entirely irrelevant literal whoRadio would’ve been made with or without him
