Radio

First Radio Waves

Mar 10, 1878

David Hughes is first person to transmit and receive radio waves.

Hertz and Waves

Oct 31, 1886

Heinrich Hertz creates and finds electic waves.

Invention of Radio

Apr 1, 1904

US patent office gives Marconi the patent for the invention of the radio.

The Radio

Period: Apr 1, 1904 to Nov 14, 2011

First Radio Program

May 11, 1906

First radio program of voice and music broadcast by Reginald A. Fessenden.

First Broadcasting Station

Apr 30, 1909

The first broadcasting station KCBS was created in San Fransisco.

First Daily Broadcast

Oct 30, 1916

First broadcast on 9XM-WHA in morse code.

WWI

Period: Oct 30, 1917 to Oct 30, 1919

Government shuts down or takes control of radio stations during WWI and uses them for military/government purposes.

Human Speech

Oct 30, 1919

Human speech is transmitted and heard clearly for the first time using radio waves.

News on the Radio

Aug 31, 1920

First news radio program.

KDKA

Oct 30, 1920

KDKA is the first US commercial broadcasting station to be licensed.

Broadcasting Boom

Sep 18, 1922

Radio stations introduced music, dramas, coverage of sports or politics and instructional programming like cooking into their broadcast as forms of entertainment.

CBS

Oct 30, 1927

Columbia Broadcasting Station (CBS) is created.

Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

The U.S. stock market crashed. Which actually benefitted radio tremendously, because the U.S. population wanted to hear what was going on in the economic world.

Radios in U.S. FDR goes fireside

Oct 30, 1933

2/3 of Americans own at least one radio.
FDR's first Fireside Chat.

FCC

Oct 30, 1934

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is created.

FM Radio

Oct 30, 1935

FM radio is discovered but is only used in mono.

WWII

Period: Oct 30, 1939 to Oct 30, 1945

Daily events of WWII are broadcasted.

RCA into ABC

Oct 30, 1942

RCA (Radio Communications of America) sells its public service stations and creates ABC (America's Broacasting Company)

TV, FM moves over

Oct 30, 1945

The TV is invented.
FM radio is moved from 42-50Mhz to 88-108Mhz.

Pocket Radio

Oct 30, 1954

Regency creates the first portable transistor radio.

FCC and FM

Oct 30, 1961

The FCC approves FM stereo broadcasting.

FM Stereo

Oct 30, 1962

The US radio now uses FM stereo.

Color TV

Oct 30, 1963

Color TV is created and sold to the masses.

The Internet

Oct 30, 1969

The Internet is created.

U.S. > Moon

Oct 31, 1969

Man on the moon, used radio to communicate.

The Computer

Oct 31, 1976

The personal computer begins to sell and spread slowing the radio.

The World gets Smaller

Oct 31, 1991

The World Wide Web (WWW) is open to the public.

Satellite Radio

Oct 31, 1992

XM radio is the first satellite radio station.