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What products does WGI or Winter International Guard sell?
WGI does not sell a product, it offers a service. They organize color guard and percussion events. WGI also organizes competitions involving the same.
Is WGI in Orlando FL the same company as World Group Inc in Casselberry FL?
yes
How long does a winter guard season last?
Winterguard usually lasts till WGI World Championships this year it will end on April 11th
How Do I obtain a copyright agreement for the use of the Law and Order theme Song written by Mike Post. My Winter Guard wants to use the music for our routine?
WGI has lots of information on this - check this out, it should help: http://www.wgi.org/resources/copyright.php
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 4th letter W and 5th letter G and 6th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -H-WGI---. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 4th letter W and 5th letter G and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: showgirls
What are the best college color or winter guard programs?
Michigan State has an excellent colorguard program. The Spartan Marching Band colorguard is easily the best in the Big Ten and one of the best in the country. MSU's winterguard, State of Art, won Independent A at WGI in 2009 and has been an Independent Open finalist every year since (2010-present).
When did news bulletins start on the radio?
We don't know who first did bulletins, but we do know that radio was broadcasting news from its earliest days. In Detroit, 8MK, today known as WWJ, was owned by the Detroit News (it was the first station owned by a newspaper), and it broadcast a news report every evening, beginning in late August 1920. In greater Boston, WGI began broadcasting stolen car reports from the Boston Police as early as November 1921, and was doing regular newscasts in mid-February 1922. The technology did not exist for radio stations to break in with bulletins at that time, but since many stations had a relationship with a local newspaper, they could follow a big story and tell the listeners about it. Most likely, it wasn't until the rise of the two big national networks (NBC and CBS) in the late 1920s that the ability to broadcast bulletins was perfected.
Who did the first radio commercial?
This is another of the great radio myths: most sources say it was a real estate commercial that was broadcast on New York station WEAF in August 1922, a story spread by corporate owner AT&T. But there is evidence that other commercials were broadcast before that. For example, some radio stations in 1921-1922 used barter to get records-- they would get records from a record shop in exchange for giving that shop a nice mention and telling listeners to go there. We also have evidence that in April of 1922, a local car dealer (Alvan Fuller) broadcast several commercials on Boston's pioneering radio station WGI. It should also be noted that until about 1925, the government discouraged radio commercials. Herbert Hoover, future president, but then secretary of the Commerce Department, told the press that he did not want "direct advertising" (as commercials were then called) to be heard on the air. However, he was widely ignored, as radio owners sought ways to fund the operation of their stations, and commercials became the method that was preferred. By 1926, commercial advertisements were heard on nearly every American station.
What was the day that radios were used in the roaring 20's?
There was no one single day: in fact, there is even a debate about which year commercial radio broadcasting began, and who did it first. Many historians believe it was 8MK in Detroit (today WWJ) in August 1920; the more famous KDKA in Pittsburgh went on the air in late October 1920, and other small stations like 1XE (later WGI) in greater Boston were also on the air in 1920; in Canada, there is some evidence of at least one station on the air in late 1919. But that said, by 1922, the radio craze had exploded across the USA, and hundreds of stations went on the air. In the early years, most stations were only on the air a couple of nights a week, but demand for more programming caused stations to expand their hours; it also caused the government to allocate more frequencies for radio-- at first there was just one (833 AM... there was no FM yet), but that quickly changed as more stations wanted to be on the air. Radio became extremely popular during the Roaring 20s, and by the end of the decade, millions of people owned a radio set. By decade's end, there were also two national networks-- NBC (National Broadcasting Company, which debuted in 1926) and CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System, which debuted in 1927).
What was the first us radio station named?
Actually we may never know. There where some attempts to broadcast entertainment as early as 1910. Previously to that Marconi had installed radios on several ships, but they where of the Morse type, meant to have only one receiver. The general public had to construct their own radios, since búying them was very expensive (could cost up to 3 weeks of wages). Fortuneatly building a simple crystal-radio could be done for schollboys wages. 2 or three components where nedded plus the obligatory 800 ohms (or so) headphones. The most important components was a catwhisker of coiled wire and a piece of Galena crystal that could be easily found in a slag-heap of any lead mine. No batteries where required since the power came from the signal itself, therefore the 800 or so ohms headphones. ---
What is the location of the worlds first commercial radio station KDKA which began broadcasting in 1920?
Although KDKA in Pittsburgh has long claimed to be first, that is a myth. Certainly, KDKA was an influential and important early station, and its broadcast of the returns from the presidential election (Harding vs. Cox) on November 2, 1920 is a seminal moment in early radio history. But KDKA was neither the first station on the air, contrary to their parent company (Westinghouse) and its excellent publicity department; nor was it the first station with a commercial license. 8MK (today WWJ) in Detroit was on the air in late August 1920, a fact documented from newspaper reports. It too broadcast the presidential returns, but unfortunately, it did not have a huge publicity department. Still, based on facts and evidence, 8MK was the first station to do what we associate with modern radio-- broadcast music, news, and educational talks to a wide-ranging audience. But there were others doing that too. In greater Boston, 1XE (later WGI) was also on the air at that time. So were stations in Madison, Wisconsin and several other cities; there is also evidence that XWA in Montreal was on the air at that time as well. Further, KDKA did not have a commercial license-- nobody did. Such a license was not created until September 1921, and another Westinghouse station, WBZ (today in Boston, but then in Springfield MA) received that first license. So, while KDKA is indeed a major factor in early radio, it is incorrect to say it was the first commercial station.
When did the first commercial radio station in the US go on the air?
The answer to this question is still debated by media scholars. In Canada, historians would say it was XWA, later known as CFCF, owned by the Marconi Company. It went on the air in late 1919. In the USA, several stations claim to have been first: 8MK in Detroit (later known as WWJ, and still on the air today) was on the air in August 1920, owned by the Detroit News; it was also the first station owned by a newspaper. 1XE (later known as WGI) in Medford Hillside, Massachusetts, seems to have been on the air in the summer of 1920 too; it was owned by the Amrad Company. And one station that many textbooks insist was the first (although it really wasn't) was KDKA in Pittsburgh, owned by the Westinghouse Company. KDKA went on the air on November 2, 1920. KDKA was very well-funded and well-publicized, and in radio's first year, it had a number of very important accomplishments that other stations could not equal. There were also early stations in Argentina (Radio Argentina, which went on the air in late August 1920), and several other countries had early stations too. And at colleges, there were some stations playing hit songs and doing the news as early as 1912, when Charles "Doc" Herrold and his wife Sybil put a station on the air at the Herrold College of Wireless in San José, California. It should also be noted that "professional" or "commercial" stations did not exist in those early days. Most stations were run by amateur radio operators, often working for a manufacturer of radio receiving equipment. The first "commercial" license was not issued till mid-September 1921. Contrary to myth, KDKA in Pittsburgh did not get the first professional license-- rather, a sister company, WBZ (then in Springfield MA, today in Boston) received the first commercial license.
