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FIRST RADIO STATION
KDKA in East Pittsburg goes on-air November 2nd, publicizing
the Harding-Cox election results, but only 5000 Americans have
radios. |
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READER'S
DIGEST
Reader's Digest magazine is first published in February. Its
articles are drawn from books and magazines to compose the monthly
periodical. The original 1500 subscribers grow to 200 000 by
1929 By the 1970s Reader's Digest numbers 29 million copies
in 13 languages around the world, per month. It does not carry
advertising until the year 1955. |
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PROHIBITION
REPORT
Three writers for Collier's tour the American U.S. to publish
a special report on Prohibition. They find legal breakdowns
everywhere-prohibition is practically impossible to enforce.
Collier's is the first mainstream magazine which calls for the
5-year-old Prohibition's cessation (a repeal of the 18th amendment).
Collier's loses 3000 readers but gains 400 000. |
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NEW
YORKER MAGAZINE
The New Yorker is published in February, 1925. Its editor is
Harold Wallace Ross. The magazine, which contains 32 pages and
costs 15 cents is composed of criticism, fiction, satire, and
social commentary. |
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NATIONAL
BROADCASTING COMPANY
NBC is founded on November 11th by David Sarnoff. |
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TRANSATLANTIC
TELEPHONE MESSAGES
Telephone conversations, starting January 7th, can occur between
London and New York City, at a cost of $25 (£5) per minute! |
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TELEPHONES
GROW AND GROW
11 years ago, the United States had 10 million telephones; the
number has now skyrocketed to 20 million-twice the number of
phones in the entire rest of the world! |
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IBM
Internal Business Machines (IBM) acquires a company which makes
typewriters, thereby entering the field of business communications. |
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TV
SYSTEM
The first electronic television system is put into place by
the BBC. |
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GLOBE
AND MAIL
On November 23rd, the Toronto Globe merges with the Toronto
Mail to produce The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Company, today still one of the most
distinguished Broadcasting Companies in the world, is founded
this year on October 16th and begins broadcasting on November
14th in London with a news report. On November 15th signals
are transmitted additionally from Manchester and Birmingham,
but crystal sets (the radio receivers most used) cannot receive
signals farther than 20-30 miles away. The original BBC staff
of four grows to 177 within a year, and the number of stations
grows to eight. |
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RADIO
USE GROWS
3 million radio sets are owned in the United States, but most
radios are crystal sets with earphones. |
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FIRST
AMENDMENT
In the United States of America, freedom of speech and press
are now "protected by the First Amendment… [and] are among the
fundamental personal rights and liberties" |
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TALKIES
The first ever moving picture with sound. |
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TELEVISION
DEMONSTRATION
On April 7th, AT&T president Walter S. Gifford demonstrates
television for the first time in the U.S. |
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TAPE
RECORDER
German Louis Blattner produces the Blattnerphone, the world's
first tape recorder. Using steel tape and magnetization with
electronic amplification, the Blattnerphone is employed to add
sound to the films at the Blattner Colour and sound Studios
in England. |
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RADIO
SALES GROW
13.5 million radio sets are sold this year; $60 million advertising
dollars are spent on radio commercials. |
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FIRESIDE
CHATS
President Roosevelt, starting March 12th, gives radio broadcasts
called Fireside Chats, urging the American Public ("My Friends")
to have faith in banks, as well as easing Depression fears and
winning support for his attempts to heal the country's economy. |
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CBC
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Canada's public Radio Station
(and later Radio & Television Station), is founded. |
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XEROGRAPHY
Chester Floyd Carlson invents Xerography, a duplication method
used in libraries, offices, and schools. His method, using
electrostatically charged sulfur-coated zinc plates exposed
to light, he is able to make exact image copies.
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