This page is dedicated to providing links and history to some of the things that are talked about in Beautiful Music For Ugly Children. There is a brief history on the start of radio broadcasting, as well as links to some sites that will provide a more in-depth perspective on the material.
Audio broadcasting:
A short history of radio broadcasting in America
First public broadcast
· On January 13, 1910, the first public radio broadcast was an experimental transmission of a live Metropolitan Opera House performance of several famous opera singers.
· The first public radio broadcast consisted of performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Riccardo Martin performed as Turridu, Emmy Destinn as Santuzza, and Enrico Caruso as Canio. The conductor was Egisto Tango. This wireless radio transmission event of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso of a concert from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City is regarded as the birth of public radio broadcasting. ]The few radio receivers able to pick up this first-ever "outside broadcast" were those at the De Forest Radio Laboratory, on board ships in New York Harbor, in large hotels on Times Square and at New York city locations where members of the press were stationed at receiving sets. Public receivers with earphones had been set up in several well-advertised locations throughout New York City. There were members of the press stationed at various receiving sets throughout the city and the general public was invited to listen to the broadcast.
· The experiment was considered mostly unsuccessful. The microphones of the day were of poor quality and couldn't pick up most of the singing done on stage. Only off-stage singers singing directly into a microphone could be heard clearly. The New York Times reported the next day that static and interference kept the homeless song waves from finding themselves.
· The wireless transmitter had 500 watts of power. It is reported that this broadcast was heard 20 km away on a ship at sea. The broadcast was also heard in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Links and Connections:
find links below to other helpful and interesting websites
Know Your Rights: A guide to some basic legal questions regarding LGBTQ issues
Transgender: A history: A history of transgender in society from ancient times to modern day.
Kirstin Cronn-Mills.com: A link to the author's website where you can learn more about
Kirstin Cronn-Mills other books, and what she is up to now.
Buy the book: Links to the book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble where you can purchase a copy of the novel.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Learn about the history of rock music and find lesson plans that let you incorporate rock music into your classroom.
Below are some other resources you can use that connect to some elements from the novel.
Movies about radio and music:
Pump up the Volume (1990)
Talk To Me (2007)
Pirate Radio (2009)
Airheads (1994)
Movies about transgender life and issues:
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Transamerica (2004)
Beautiful Boxer (2007)
Audio broadcasting:
A short history of radio broadcasting in America
First public broadcast
· On January 13, 1910, the first public radio broadcast was an experimental transmission of a live Metropolitan Opera House performance of several famous opera singers.
· The first public radio broadcast consisted of performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Riccardo Martin performed as Turridu, Emmy Destinn as Santuzza, and Enrico Caruso as Canio. The conductor was Egisto Tango. This wireless radio transmission event of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso of a concert from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City is regarded as the birth of public radio broadcasting. ]The few radio receivers able to pick up this first-ever "outside broadcast" were those at the De Forest Radio Laboratory, on board ships in New York Harbor, in large hotels on Times Square and at New York city locations where members of the press were stationed at receiving sets. Public receivers with earphones had been set up in several well-advertised locations throughout New York City. There were members of the press stationed at various receiving sets throughout the city and the general public was invited to listen to the broadcast.
· The experiment was considered mostly unsuccessful. The microphones of the day were of poor quality and couldn't pick up most of the singing done on stage. Only off-stage singers singing directly into a microphone could be heard clearly. The New York Times reported the next day that static and interference kept the homeless song waves from finding themselves.
· The wireless transmitter had 500 watts of power. It is reported that this broadcast was heard 20 km away on a ship at sea. The broadcast was also heard in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- 1916: First regular broadcasts on 9XM (now WHA) - Wisconsin state weather, delivered in Morse Code
- 1919: First clear transmission of human speech, (on 9XM) after experiments with voice (1918) and music (1917).
- 1920: Regular wireless broadcasts for entertainment began in Argentina, pioneered by the group around Enrique Telémaco Susini.
- 1920: Spark-gap telegraphy stopped.
- 20 August 1920: E.W. Scripps's WWJ in Detroit received its commercial broadcasting license and started broadcasting. It has carried a regular schedule of programming to the present. Broadcasting was not yet supported by advertising. The stations owned by manufacturers and department stores were established to sell radios and those owned by newspapers to sell papers and express the opinions of the owners.
- 31 August 1920: The first known radio news program was broadcast by station 8MK, the unlicensed predecessor of WWJ (AM) in Detroit, Michigan.
- October 1920: Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania became the first US commercial broadcasting station to be licensed when it was granted call letters KDKA. (Their engineer Frank Conrad had been broadcasting from his own station since 1916.)
- 26 February 1922: In California, Joseph Franklin Rutherford transmitted his first radio Bible sermon.
- As of March 2011: 14,728 full power
radio stations: 4,778 AM, 6533 FM, and 3,417 educational FM. radio stations are active in the United States, according to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Links and Connections:
find links below to other helpful and interesting websites
Know Your Rights: A guide to some basic legal questions regarding LGBTQ issues
Transgender: A history: A history of transgender in society from ancient times to modern day.
Kirstin Cronn-Mills.com: A link to the author's website where you can learn more about
Kirstin Cronn-Mills other books, and what she is up to now.
Buy the book: Links to the book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble where you can purchase a copy of the novel.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Learn about the history of rock music and find lesson plans that let you incorporate rock music into your classroom.
Below are some other resources you can use that connect to some elements from the novel.
Movies about radio and music:
Pump up the Volume (1990)
Talk To Me (2007)
Pirate Radio (2009)
Airheads (1994)
Movies about transgender life and issues:
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Transamerica (2004)
Beautiful Boxer (2007)