Broadcasting is the
distribution of audio and video content
to a dispersed audience via any audio or
visual mass communications medium. The
receiving parties may include the
general public or a relatively large
subset thereof. TV programs, radio
programs, commercials in malls, the
radio in school or train station, all
agree with the definition of
broadcasting. The term ˇ§broadcastingˇ¨ in
Chinese, refers more to the radio, while
in Japanese and Korean, they adopt the
Chinese phrase ˇ§©ń°eˇ¨,
meaning distribution, to refer to the
same activity. The similar usage is also
found in Taiwanese. |
Source: Wikipedia |
|
Year |
Event |
1864 |
British, James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
discovered Electromagnetic radiation. |
1873 |
Maxwell published the ˇ§Treatise on Electricity
and Magnetismˇ¨, the fundamental knowledge for
broadcasting, and is therefore recognized as the
father of broadcast. |
1888 |
German, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz (1857-1894)
proved Electromagnetic radiation equals to radio
wave. |
1896 |
Italian, Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937)
successfully transmitted radio signals at
London. |
1906 |
Canadian, Reginald A. Fessenden (1866-1932)
broadcast the first time ever in human history
from an experimental radio at Massachusetts on
Christmas. |
1920 |
The first radio company started business in
Pittsburgh, U.S.A. |
1933 |
The American professor Edwin H. Armstrong
(1890-1954) invented FM radio in order to fix
the problems of AM radio. |
1955 |
Sony enterprise of Japan built the first
transistor radio. |
1972 |
The name ˇ§Radio Taiwan Internationalˇ¨ was
adopted, and the radio started transmitting
worldwide at a maximum power of 10050kw. |
1980 |
Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) started
developing DAB (D.A.B.-Digital Audio
Broadcasting) system, a digital radio technology
for broadcasting. |