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The beginning
Guglielmo Marconi invented the Wireless Telegraph -
The next step
Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, was able to broadcast voices for the first time. -
The RCA
In 1919, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was founded, giving way to broadcasting music, entertainment channels, and news on a large scale. -
Radio System + The Automobile
In the early 1920's, radio systems had began to be integrated into automobiles by Chevrolet, although they were much different from radios of today, as they were incredibly bulky and took up a lot of space. -
"Golden Age" of Radio
After the Stock market Crash (or Great Depression) began, the "Golden Age' of Radio began, due to the RCA and other companies multiple broadcasting options, many people wanted to get their hands on a radio system. -
FM Broadcasting
On December 26th, 1933, American inventor Edward Armstrong developed the FM radio system. FM, which stands for Frequency Modulation, refers to "the means of encoding the audio signal on the carrier frequency." Basically, this allowed for better quality sound in radio systems and allowed for more broadcasting networks.