Edward S. “Ted” Rogers, Sr. (June 21, 1900 – May 6, 1939) is regarded as the founder of Rogers Communications although it was established in 1967. He died at the age of 38. June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rogers Communications Inc. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

Ted Rogers first became interested in radio when he saw a receiver at age 11. By 1913 he was noted in local newspapers for his skill at operating a radio station, which at the time was a noted technical accomplishment. Rogers worked as a radio officer on Great Lakes passenger ships during the summers of 1916-1919 inclusive. In 1921 Rogers operated the only Canadian (and only spark) station to successfully compete in the first amateur trans-Atlantic radio competition. Rogers held the amateur radio call sign 3BP, and joined the Canadian chapter of the American Radio Relay League in 1921. Ham radio station with separate transmitter, receiver and power supply. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... The ARRL Logo. ...

In the early 1920s, radio receivers ran on large and expensive batteries to provide the high voltages needed for the vacuum tubes used. Early attempts at producing a radio receiver to operate on household alternating current were unsuccessful, since tubes designed for the direct current supply from batteries were unsatisfactory when operated on 25- or 60-hertz alternating current. This does not cite its references or sources. ... In electronics, a vacuum tube or (outside North America) thermionic valve or just valve, is a device generally used to amplify, switch or otherwise modify, a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. ... City lights viewed in a motion blurred exposure. ...

In April 1924 Rogers travelled to the United States and saw experimental AC receiving tubes at the laboratories of Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. He purchased the patent rights to the experimental alternating current tubes of Frederick S. McCullogh. After further development Rogers produced a design of vacuum tube that would operate on alternating current. By 1925 Rogers had introduced not only a complete radio receiver using the new tubes, but had also produced a "battery eliminator" (power supply) that could be used with other manufacturers receivers to eliminate the expensive batteries. By August 1925 the Rogers "[[Batteryless radio (Wikipedia:Thermoelectricity#Batteryless radio)|]]" was in commercial sales, the first radio receiver in the world to operate from household current. At a time when a schoolteacher might earn $1000 per year, the top-of-the-line Rogers radio sold for $370. Rogers formed the company "Standard Radio Manufacturing" to produce radio receivers using the new design of vacuum tubes. The name Westinghouse can refer to any number of devices and independent businesses that can trace their roots to the work of George Westinghouse: // People George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Devices Westinghouse air brake. ... A wall wart style variable DC power supply with its cover removed. ...

In 1927, he founded CFRB (Canada’s First Rogers Batteryless) radio station. The station is owned today by Standard Broadcasting. CFRB, or CFRB 1010 as it is often referred to, is an AM radio station in Toronto, Canada, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX on 6070 kHz. ... Standard Broadcasting Corporation is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. ...

In 1930, he married Velma Melissa Taylor. His son is Edward Samuel Rogers, founder of Rogers Communications. Edward Samuel Ted Rogers, OC , LL.B , D.Sc , BA (born May 27, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is the President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. ... Rogers Communications Inc. ...

Ted Rogers died suddenly in 1939 of an aneurysm, complicated by ulcers. An aneurysm (or aneurism) is a bulge in a blood vessel that bursts usually near the brain. ...

References

Ian A. Anthony, Radio Wizard Edward Samuel Rogers and the Revolution of Communications, Gage Publishing for Rogers, Toronto 2000

External links

• Ontario Plaques - The Rogers Batteryless Radio
• Rogers Communication history of their founder