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First transatlantic telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi created the first radio in 1895 -
Radio Amplifier Devised
Edwin Howard Armstrong created a regenerative circuit that pushed the current up to the highest amplification. -
First Scheduled Commercial Radio Programmer
Station KDKA in Pittsburgh becomes the first commercial radio programmer by broadcasting presidential election returns from a wood shack on top of the Westinghouse east Pittsburgh plant. -
Televisor
John Logie Baird transmitted the first recognizable image at a London department store on a device he called the tellivisor. the image was the head of a ventriloquists doll. -
Color tv
John logie Baird also invented the color TV in crude color withe his ventriloquists dolls. -
FM Radio
Edwin Howard Armstrong develops the frequency that is called FM radio. -
Transistor Invented
The history of radio and television was forever altered when the transistor was invented. -
First coast to coast radio transmition.
The new years tournament of roses became the first coast to coast color transmition -
200 million television sets in use
This was up from 100 million in 1960 so it doubled in 8 years. -
Nixon gives his speech over TV
President Nixon and the US government finally recognized the power of tv and Nixon gave his speech saying that "I want you to know that your president is not a crook." -
RDS Protocol
RDS allows small bits of information to be included in FM radio giving radio stations the chance to include song names and artists on digital displays in cars. -
The digital age
1990 marks the beginning of the digital age. -
HD and flat screen TVs are introduced for the first time
The first flat screen and HD TVs are introduced in 2005 and become affordable in 2006.
