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building boom
The radio building boom has begun to wane...as most consumers are now purchasing complete sets, rather than kits. -
auto radio
The first auto radios are sold. (you still had to stop and put up a antenna.) -
Phonograph companies
Several Phonograph companies start labeling records''not licensed for radio broadcast'' as move to protect their alleged property rights -
Depression
Even during the depression radio sets in the home grew now 22M homes have radio -
AFC
Most radios sold now employ and AFC circuit- Automatic Frequency Control. -
Hindenburg
The dirigible, Hindenburg crashes in flames at Lakehurst, N.J. May 6th, 1937- and the tragedy was captured in an incredible live radio broadcast. -
power of radio
The power of radio is demonstrated by Orson Wells, and the '' Mercury Theater of the Air''- Panic is reported to be widespread as people believe the earth has been invaded by ''Martians'' -
first television
The first Television sets are sold by several manufacturers. -
right to communicate
Jacks are provided on the back of the new radios to plug in your TV's sound, FM gains public interest as 'Noise Free',high fidelity broadcasting grows, Amateurs lose the right to communicate with foreign operators as the war in Europe builds. -
Pearl Harbor
FCC authorizes FM broadcasting on 42-50 MHz.
13 million radio sets are made this year, and 130 million tubes.
Color TV was demonstrated for the first time.
30 commercial FM stations are now on the air.
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. 40 K Wav FDR speaks to the nation. That evening, Eleanor uses radio to speak to the women of the nation.
All amateur radio communication is halted by the war. -
Manufacture of radio
The manufacture of radio sets was stopped due to the war, and manufacturers switch to defense activities.
British mathematician and science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark suggests using satellites to relay radio signals about 20 years before the first satellite, Sputnik I was placed in orbit! -
electronics repair
Great strides are made in technology and manufacturing as radio is used in the war. Meanwhile at home, many receivers are remodeled with whatever parts are on hand - as wartime shortages and aging radio sets combine for some creative electronics repair. -
short- wave radio
Over 30 million U.S. homes now had 57 million radio sets.
No receivers are being manufactured, although some spare parts are now becoming available.
Germany makes use of short-wave radio for propaganda broadcasts. -
Armstrong's development
The FCC changes the FM band from near 50 Megacycles to the present 88 to 108 megacycles. This rendered many sets obsolete, and set back Armstrong's development of FM as an alternative to AM. This may (!) have been the plan all along by those involved with AM broadcasting. -
Lee Deforest
Lee Deforest grows increasingly unhappy with the state of broadcasting. To him, radio had become 'a stench in the nostril of the gods of the ionosphere.' He addresses the National Association of Broadcasters at their annual meeting in Chicago.
Table model radios are the big seller. Over 15 million sets are produced. About half a million of those were FM receivers. -
radios reduced
Radios are shrinking in size, and over 800 thousand FM receivers are produced. -
Three month freeze
The FCC announces a three month freeze on new TV station applications. It lasts nearly four years! TV picks up steam. 10 inch screens are the most common. -
Pricing on radio advertising
4 million TV sets are produced, far exceeding projections.
10 inch screen TV's have dropped in price by a third since 1947 - from $300 to $200.
The 45 RPM record is introduced.
By the end of the year, there are 98 television stations and 2021 radio stations on the air.
$628 million dollars is spent on radio advertising this year.