History of Radio Ben Knight

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  • Electro Magnetic Waves

    Electro Magnetic Waves
    Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was able to prove in the year 1888 that electromagnetic waves could travel through free space. This confirmed Maxwell's theory of this and provided a base for further inventions with radio.

  • First Radio Signal

    First Radio Signal
    Guglielmo Marconi had succesfully built the first wireless telegraph system. This system was based on Hertzian waves (Hz). He also started a company for developing these sytems for Marine and military use.

  • Radio factory

    Radio factory
    Marconi opens the first radio factory to make and produce radios. it was at New Street Works in Chelmsford, England.

  • News Broadcast

    News Broadcast
    Station 8MK broadcast the first news program in Detroit, Michigan. This station still exists but is now known as WWJ owned by the CBS network.

  • College Radio

    College Radio
    Union College has its the first college ran radio station. Located in Schenectady, New York. Ran by an African American Student named Wendell King.

  • Bible Sermon

    Bible Sermon
    Joseph Franklin Rutherford deleivers his first radio Bible sermon. This was done in California.

  • Hidenburg Disaster

    Hidenburg Disaster
    Built in 1935 to transport passengers through Europe and U.S. Met its demise in 1937 at Lakehurst Nval Air Station.

  • First FM

    First FM
    The first FM radio station was an experiment, but in this year it was granted an U.S. construction pemit by the FCC.

  • Wa of The Worlds

    Wa of The Worlds
    Performed as a halloween special . Welles acting was so good it scared many listeners into beleiving an actual martian invasion was happening.

  • Sony

    Sony
    Sony announced their first transistorized radio. This radio was small enough to fit into a vest pcoket. It only needed a small battery to be powered.

  • Satellite

    Satellite
    First commuication satelit was made, TELSTAR.

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    Held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm near Bethel, New York.

  • Lennon Murdered

    Lennon Murdered
    John Lennon, famous member of the Beatles and anti-war protestor, was murdered on this day

  • iTunes Introduced

    iTunes Introduced
    Apple introduces iTunes at Macworld in SanFrancisco. This Program changed the way people with interacted with music.

  • Kid Kraddick Dies

    Kid Kraddick Dies
    Kid Kraddick a beloved radio show host for 106.1 in the mornings had died his day.