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1880
Hertz sent electro magnetic waves -
1890
Marconi invented wireless telegraphing -
1900
Roberto Landell transmitted human voice over half a mile -
1910
Marconi built first radio factory -
1920
first radio news program -
1930
single sideband and frequency modulation were invented -
1940
Commercial television transmissions started in North America and Europe in the 1940s. -
1950
the Regency company introduced a pocket transistor radio, the TR-1, powered by a "standard 22.5 V Battery." -
1960
In the early 1960s, VOR systems finally became widespread for aircraft navigation; before that, aircraft used commercial AM radio stations for navigation. (AM stations are still marked on U.S. aviation charts). -
1970
first mobile cellphone -
1980
The GPS was created -
1990
malamud launches the first talk radio -
2000
CRB decided to have a $500 minimum fee per station -
2010
CRB makes web casters also pay $500