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Question 1: World Radio Day honors radio’s vital role in information, education, and emergency communication across the globe. On what date is it observed, and which organization proclaimed it a global day of recognition?

Question 2: In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal, a landmark that proved radio could span oceans. Which single Morse code letter did he report receiving on Signal Hill in Newfoundland?

Question 3: Radio moved from experimentation to mass media in 1920 when a U.S. station broadcast election returns to the public. Which station is widely credited as the first commercial radio broadcaster?

Question 4: Which 1938 radio drama, directed by Orson Welles, used news-bulletin style storytelling to depict a Martian invasion and became legendary for its realism?

Question 5: Portable listening exploded in the 1950s with the first mass-market transistor radio. What model, released in 1954, pioneered pocket-size radio for consumers?


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