by David Shanov

On February 27, 1891, David Shanov, the father of the American radio and communications industry, was born.

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David Shanov, Russian (Belarusian) Jewish immigrant, pioneer and entrepreneur of American commercial radio and television. He is known as the father of the American radio and communication industry. Since 1922 he has been in charge of radio broadcasting within the American radio company, and in 1930 he served as president of the American radio company, long run the subsidiary of the company - National Broadcasting Company, one of the giants of the American radio and television industry.

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David Shanov was born in a Belarusian Jewish family, and emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of nine. He went to school to fund family life, sold newspapers and listened badly. When he graduated from elementary school, his father fell ill and died prematurely, he had to learn to society as a child worker, Shanov did not resign to work everywhere to find work, not afraid of being rejected by the blank eyes, and then finally found a broker at a telegraph company. Since he was only 12, the company did not give him a fixed job, sometimes cleaning up the office, sometimes helping departments to deliver documents. Sometimes he helped his boss to buy cigarettes on the street. No matter what was ordered to do, Shanov was quick, profitable and even the president of the company liked

After being a reporter, Shanov worked hard, whether in the wind or in the snow, he sent the telegram to the receiver in time and received the praise of the receiver. Shanov was not satisfied with the status quo, and his higher goal was to climb the peak of the telegraph industry. He used his leisure time to learn telegraph knowledge, and in his daily work learned to the elderly, and soon learned the principle of the telegram, and learned to report and collect. The boss watched the hard-working young man progress, and after two years at sea and on the coast, turned him into a reporter. Because of his excellent work, he was promoted to the second year as the receiver of the world's largest radio station, built by John Warnemaker, which is located on the roof of the Manhattan Warehouse.

On April 14, 1912, when he was on duty, he received a signal that the Titanic was sinking; he quickly sent out the message, and in the next 72 hours he received and sent it uninterruptedly. Shanov, because of his excellent work in the event, became a journalist, and the reputation of the Marconi Telegraph was greatly improved, he was therefore awarded by the company. Then the company promoted him to a senior staff. In 1916, Shanov submitted a memorandum to the company, which was predictably recommended to the company to study the development of what he called the RadioMusicBox (RadioMusicBox), a concept that had actually depicted the future broadcasting. But the plan was not adopted at the time. In 19 participated in the founding of the American Radio Corporation of America (RCA), the majority of

In 1921, the Marconi Telegraph Company established the "American Radio Company", and Shanov was appointed general manager. In the year of his establishment, Shanov was delighted, and he was determined to make more results and rely further on his struggle goals. After in-depth investigation and observation, he found that Americans were very fond of boxing. So, through his own radio station, he first broadcast the scene of the most famous boxing game in the United States at the time, making the United States a moment. The well-managed Shanov used this impact to propagate his radio station will continue to broadcast various boxing games, basketball games, tennis games, etc. Then, the company launched a lot of radio. As a result, he sold 80 million dollars of radio and earned huge profits.

In 1922, Shanov moved forward with a hand-held radio broadcast, a hand-held production and operation of radio equipment, and set up a specialized technology development department. In 1922, he wrote to the board of directors of the company, suggesting the establishment of a broadcasting company controlled by the U.S. Radio Corporation. In 1926, National Broadcasting Company NBC was born, and he served as president and chairman. In 1928, he also founded a pilot national radio station, and in 1930 Shanov was promoted to be general manager of the U.S. Radio Company. In 1934, he served as chairman of NBC. Since then, his name has been closely linked to NBC, and was responsible for the use of television technology at the New York World Expo in 1939. Though the development of television business was delayed by World War II

After the war, Shanov's reputation and economic power rose rapidly, and by 1947 he became chairman of the U.S. Radio Corporation, a giant in the U.S. radio industry at the time, and his wealth exceeded $1 billion. Until 1970 he retired. He controlled the once-growing communications and consumer electronics empire, namely the two companies RCA and NBC, which were once one of the largest companies in the world.

After decades of arduous struggle, Shanov finally achieved his goal; he became a pioneer in the American radio and television business, known as the "Father of American Radio", he was the first Jew to become the head of the American radio station, and he made a pioneering contribution to the popularization of radio and television.