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Marconi Invented the First Radio Ever.
Marconi developed, demonstrated, and marketed in the years of 1874-1937. -
The First Wireless Signal was Received.
In 1901 Marconi broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal. -
The Invention of the Two-Electrode Radio Rectifier.
British engineer Sir John Ambrose Fleming invents the two-electrode radio rectifier; or vacuum diode, which he calls an oscillation valve. -
War Radios began to Surface.
War radios began to become more popular among civilians. -
John Logie Baird Successfully Transmits the First Image
John transmits the first recognizable image the head of a ventriloquist’s dummy—at a London department store, using a device he calls a Televisor. A mechanical system based on the spinning disk scanner developed in the 1880s. -
FM Radio was Created
Edwin Armstrong develops frequency modulation, or FM, radio as a solution to the static interference problem that plagues AM radio transmission. -
The Sound of the Radio is Reborn
The radio stations begin broadcasting in stereophonic sound. -
Radio Today
Today most people use their phone to search music or they use music apps, but there are still radios.