History of radio

Marconi invents the first Radio

Sep 23, 1895

Marconi invents the first radio

uncle charlie radio

Sep 23, 1905

Uncle Charlie Radio was where anyone could broadcast on the radio from their home.

The audion tube is invented

Sep 23, 1906

Lee de Forest Created the tube that amplified signals

Radio saves titanic pasangers

Sep 23, 1912

Radio helps people on shore help people get off the titanic

first radio station is created

Sep 23, 1920

KDKA, first named 8XK was created in Pittsburg,PA and is still around

First commercial is made

Sep 23, 1922

First Commercial is aired on WEAF for 10 minutes to get money for the station.

FRC is created

Sep 23, 1927

The FRC is created to maintain Uncle Charlie radios.

golen era for radio

Sep 23, 1930

with the great depression going on, people listened to radio to get their mind off of things.

TV gets more popular than radio

Sep 23, 1935

TV becomes more popular than Radio where people can actually see what people are talking about.

Music saves radio

Sep 23, 1940

Music comes out on the radio for it to compete with tv.

FM signals are added to all stations

Sep 23, 1940

FM transmitters are added to make music sound clear.

famous radio shows don't do well with tv

Sep 23, 1940

Radio shows that go onto TV dont do well because voices dont match what they actually look like.

people can listne to musci in car

Sep 23, 1940

people could listen to music on the radio on their way to work or running erons

Music on Radio

Sep 23, 1940

People couldnt do much without music because they would have to go to a concer, buy a record, or had to listen to it on jukeboxes

Radio helps during world war 2

Sep 23, 1940

Golden era helps while people want to get mind off of world war 2.