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Beginning
Heinrich Hertz detects and produces radio waves. -
Marconi
The Radio was sent and recevied signal in 1895 -
first Radio
First radio transmission of music at Graz, Austria. -
Audion Tube
Lee De Forest created the audion tube made of a vacum tube -
Radio Station
first radio show 8XK renamed to KDKA -
Advetising
WEAF aired a 10 commerical for an apartment complex and charged 50 dollars -
Uncle Charlie
Uncle Charlie was getting very popular so the FRC organized licensing of transmitters -
Call letters
W is to talk to East Mississippi River
K is to talk to West Mississippi River -
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
1927
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), a second national network, formed. -
AM and FM
Amplitude Modulation (AM)
535KHz-1605KHz
Frequency Modulation (FM)
88-108MHz -
THe Golden Era
The Golden era for radio was the 30s and 40s Middle of the great depression -
WWII
1939-1945
Radio broadcast journalism establishes itself as a significant national media force as it covers the daily events of World War II. -
Columbia University's
1941: Oct.10: Columbia University's Radio Club opens the first regularly scheduled FM station. -
Family time
Teh radio was the time for families together as a family -
Music
people started using jukeboxes,records