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The discovery of the radio wave or "hertzian wave"(No specific date)
Heinrich Hertz discovered the now known radio waves but back then it was called the "hertzian waves" but was actually electromagnetic waves transfered into morse code. -
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Radio History
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The first known device that uses "hertzian waves"(No specific date)
Guglielmo Marconi made the first radio or wireless telegraph that did not use audio or voice but it used morse code with taps and sent the very first radio signal. -
The Audion Tube (No specific date only year)
Lee De Forest borrowed the idea from Reginald Fessenden for a vacuum tube that amplified signals which made signals go alot further than than telegraphs that did not have it. -
The first broadcast
On Christmas Eve 1906 the very first broadcast aired in the united states suprising everyone that had a radio at the time, this started at 9PM eastern time -
What helped the titanic
Marconi sold his concept of radio to the marine industry because when a ship sails of shore there was no way to contact anyone until marconies radio which save alot of lives when the titanic sank. -
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The Golden Age of Radio
The Golden Age of Radio -
The first radio station
It took marconi 25 years to make a radio station to broadcast music and voice and it was called 8XK but renamed to KDKA, was runed by Frank Conrad and the radio station is still functioning today and has been for 96 years -
The Dawn of Radio Advertising
The first radio advertisment was in 1922 from WEAF that aired a 10 minute commercial for a apartment complex that was charging $50 -
The start of the FRC (no specific date)
In 1927 uncle charlie was becoming too popular so a organization known as the FRC started banning uncle charlie stations that interfiered with advertisements and organized licences to radio stations -
Everyone has it! (No specific date)
This is the year where almost everyone in the world had a radio and it was starting to be one of the most popular inventions in the world -
FRC changed to FCC (Small Event)
In 1934 FRC changed their name to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
