Radio

  • Marconi

    Marconi

    An Italian inventor that had received radio signal in 1875.
    Marconi was the first to send radio signal at that time.
    Radio did a huge impact for when the titanic tragedy occurred.
  • Audion Tube

    Audion Tube

    Gives out signal form a longer distance, its a vacuum tube that amplifies signal.In 1906 Le De Forest he created the Audion Tube. Reginald Fessenden came up with the idea hat made it into the history.
  • Radio Stations

    Radio Stations

    1920,it was first called 8XK then was renamed it KDKA by Frank Conrad. He is still around broadcasting in Penn.
  • The Dawn Of Advertising

    The Dawn Of Advertising

    The way radio stations make money is by creating commercials. And they would broadcast it to a radio station. They would charge 50$ to go on air.
  • FRC

    FRC

    Unce Charlie became very popular and in 1927 was when FRC was created.It assigns radio station frequencies, call letters, and power limits. Therefor it organizes the licensing of transmitters.
  • Call Letters

    Call Letters

    W is East of the Mississippi River, K is West of the Mississippi River. Is used for communication to the WBAP and WFFA. Send signals through out radio stations.
  • AM Waves

    AM Waves

    AM means Amplitude modulation which gives out waves in the radio stations. Goes from 535-KHz-1605KHz giving out more radio frequency.
  • FM Waves

    FM Waves

    FM meaning Frequency Modulation. Giving out 88-108 MHz radio signal
  • Golden Era

    Golden Era

    The Golden Era had occurred in the 30's and 40's . In the middle of the Great Depression, people were hating for money. Radio helped people advertise to make quick bucks.
  • Family Medium

    Family Medium

    Radio lead families to be together once again. Helped them enjoy things that they should have along time ago. Like music, story hour, comedies, and drama.
  • Radios Demise

    Radios Demise

    As popularity grew, advertisers went to t.v. Radio lost a lot of money which put Radio in a bad situation. Tv basically over populated radio as years passed.
  • Radio's Improvement

    Radio's Improvement

    Radio added music into stations which saved it from being n deep trouble. Music was a ver limited resource and now its not. Music can be heard almost everywhere.