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The phonograph or record player was BORN!
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San Jose College plays music on radio
From 1912 to 1917, there was a college in the San Jose area that allegedly played music on the radio. This was the first time that this had ever occered. -
1XE of Medford, Massachusetts broadcasted music
1XE of Medford, Massachusetts, was broadcasting music in 1919, shortly after the end of the war. The following years, more music radio stations began to pop up. -
RCA tape cartridge
In 1958, home music consumption would be changed by introducing the RCA tape cartridge. -
CDs
Although digital recording had been happening since the late 1960s, it wasn’t until the early 1980s that the first commercial compact discs (CDs) appeared -
MP3
In 1997, Microsoft incorporated MP3 support into its Windows Media Player, and in 1998 the first portable MP3 players began appearing. -
Pandora
Radio Streaming launched by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft, and Tim Westergren
