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FCC’s move of FM frequencies influenced by Sarnoff really messed up with Armstrong, making his stations obsolete. This is also why there is no Channel 1 on TV i
by Jun8 4y ago
FCC’s move of FM frequencies influenced by Sarnoff really messed up with Armstrong, making his stations obsolete. This is also why there is no Channel 1 on TV in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_1_(North_American_TV) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_1_(North_American_TV)
Another inventor Sarnoff stole from was Philo Farnsworth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth). He didn’t kill himself like Armstrong but was broke and forgotten when he died in 1971.
- unyttigfjelltol 4y agoIt's an indictment against the U.S. legal system, really. You'd think folks would be chagrined enough to fix it after 50 or 100 years.....
- selimthegrim 4y agoUtah just decided to switch his statue out from the National Statuary hall in the US capitol but there’s a lot of consternation over it. It might be back in 10 years.