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General
Audio Websites
Blacklisting
Cable Comm. Policy Act of 1984
Cable TV CPCA of 1992
Communications Act of 1934
Telecommunications Revolution
Radio Act of 1927
HDTV
WARC

Lee DeForest
Philo T. Farnsworth
William S. Paley
David Sarnoff
Nikola Tesla

General Resources Available on the Web

Telecommunications Revolution

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=24667&rl=1

Radio Act of 1927

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/ch5.html

The Communications Act of 1934

Audio Websites

http://earthstation1.simplenet.com ("War of the Worlds" -
The original broadcast of the Orson Welles classic)

Blacklisting

Cable Communication Policy Act of 1984

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fccfilings/effcomp_fcc.txt

Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992

World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC)

http://www.nas.edu/bpa/view1195.html

KDKA Radio

http://www.kdkaradio.com/

Nikola Tesla

Philo T. Farnsworth

David Sarnoff

William S. Paley

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/paleywillia/paleywillia.htm

HDTV

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hdtv.htm

Broadcast and Cinematic Arts