Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the most spectacular, intriguing, and downright ‘frequency-tastic’ quiz you’ve ever had the ‘tuning’ pleasure to partake in! If you’ve always ‘wavelengthed’ at trivia nights, it’s time to ‘amplify’ your knowledge and ‘broadcast’ your radio smarts.
Are you ready to ‘dial’ up your game and ‘static’ shock your friends with your knowledge? Fab! Let’s dive right into the ‘transmission’!
1. Who is credited with inventing the radio?
2. What was the first radio station to receive a commercial license in America?
3. True or false? AM radio uses amplitude modulation, FM uses frequency modulation.
4. In what year did the first radio station in the US begin broadcasting?
5. How are radio ratings typically measured?
6. What kind of content is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) responsible for regulating on radio?
7. Which historical event was first broadcasted live on radio?
8. Who is known as the ‘First Lady of Radio’?
9. What was the title of the famous radio drama that caused public panic about a Martian invasion?
10. Which American radio commentator Paul Harvey is famous for his catchphrase “And now you know the rest of the story”?
11. Who gave the first live radio broadcast of a sporting event?
12. What does ‘Dead Air’ mean in radio terminology?
13. Which is the longest running radio show still in production in the United States?
14. What company was the first to sell radio time to advertisers?
15. What is the oldest, non-commercial, listener-supported radio network in the United States?
16. Who is considered to be the ‘King of Talk Radio’?
17. What is the name of the popular 1970s American sitcom that revolves around a radio station?
18. Name the system of short-range radio communication between persons typically on a selection of 40 channels within the 27-MHz (11 m) band?
19. What role did radio play during World War II?
20. Who is credited with creating the term ‘podcast’?
21. What was the significant radio broadcast event of Orson Welles in 1938?
22. Name a renowned radio broadcasting school in Columbia in the United States.
23. When was the car radio invented?
24. What is the Peabody Award for in the radio industry?
25. How does radio astronomy differ from traditional astronomy?
26. What was the first news event to be live broadcasted on radio?
27. What was the first dedicated sports radio station in the United States?
28. What is ‘Pirate Radio’?
29. Which Beatles song mentions the BBC?
30. What is the world record for the longest radio DJ marathon?
31. Which country has the most radio stations?
32. In what decade was the transistor radio invented?
33. What is the Emergency Alert System (EAS) used for?
34. True or false? “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson was the first song to top the Billboard Hot 100.
35. What is shortwave radio?
36. What kind of information would a radio station usually broadcast at the top of the hour?
37. What does the radio term ‘drive time’ refer to?
38. The invention of wat small electrical component made radios portable and affordable?
39. What is ‘HD Radio’?
40. Who is the voice behind the initial Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) radio station sign-off, “That’s all folks!”?
41. What is the maximum distance that a medium wave radio signal can cover during the day?
42. What is ‘Radio Disney’?
43. Who was known as ‘The Man with the Golden Voice’?
44. What is the most powerful type of radio wave?
45. What does the radio term ‘back-announce’ refer to?
46. What is the longest-running children’s radio program?
47. What time did the late night radio show “Party Line” originally air in Pittsburgh?
48. What is ‘Radio Free Europe’?
49. True or false? Radio signals travel from the station to your radio as electromagnetic waves which are picked up by the antenna of your radio?
Congratulations on ‘completing the circuit’ of this radio trivia quiz! Your ‘resistor’ance to giving up is commendable. We hope you had an ‘electric’ time.
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