Search results for "Radio in the United Kingdom" - New World Encyclopedia
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- astronomical sextants for measuring the apparent distances between stars. Observatories have been enormously useful in advancing scientific ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- of their publications to a repository. The requirement was originally ... In some countries, submitting copies is a pre-requirement for receiving ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- officer (from 1971), and chairman of the board (from 1976–1994) of ... Morita was born in Nagoya, Japan, on January 26, 1921. His family ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest broadcasting ... The original British Broadcasting Company was founded in 1922, by ...29 KB (4,446 words) - 05:21, 26 August 2023
- Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs ... The term broadcast was coined by early radio engineers from the mid ...26 KB (3,776 words) - 04:32, 22 November 2023
- inventor, best known for his pioneering work in the use of radio wave transmissions ... Marconi's mastery of long-distance signal transmission by radio ...27 KB (3,973 words) - 00:54, 7 March 2023
- Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting ... Telemetry typically refers to wireless communications (i.e. using ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio ... From the organization of the first true radio networks in the late ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 00:51, 9 January 2023
- The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting ... Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded in 1969, at which time ...16 KB (2,300 words) - 18:03, 14 April 2023
- Radio, once known as "wireless telegraphy" or "radiotelegraphy ... Radio technology gives humanity the convenience of extremely rapid ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- international celebrity when she became the first journalist to be expelled ... Her biographer said of her, "she was the voice of courage and ...14 KB (2,067 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties ... MacNeice was born in Belfast, the youngest son of John Frederick and ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 04:06, 4 November 2022
- 1, consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. The player of the joke or hoax ... beneficial or harmful. Laughter is good for the individual, and the coming ...22 KB (3,192 words) - 15:56, 11 August 2023
- or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ... Independent record labels were established during the punk era, which ...22 KB (3,494 words) - 00:45, 9 January 2023
- Military intelligence (abbreviated “MI” or “int.” in Commonwealth ... units for collecting information in specific ways. Intelligence ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- The Elizabeth Tower, formerly known as the Clock Tower, is the world ... Although not as historical a London landmark as the Tower of London ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- was a Scottish broadcasting executive. As the general manager of the BBC ... Born July 20, 1889, in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, in Scotland John ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- engineering discipline that deals with the development of technologies ... Electrical engineers may work on such things as the construction of ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- patents to his credit. De Forest invented the triode vacuum tube, which ... De Forest's zeal for promoting the mass media helped shape it ...19 KB (2,827 words) - 18:59, 25 October 2022
- to instruct or facilitate social interaction in its audience by embedding lessons ... Most often, edutainment seeks either to tutor in one or more specific ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
