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Beginning
Marconi sent the very first Radio Wave in 1895 -
Audion Tube
1906, Lee De Forest copied someone elses invention and made it his own. -
Stations
On 31 August 1920 the first known radio news program was broadcast by station 8MK, the unlicensed predecessor of WWJ (AM) in Detroit, Michigan. In 1922 regular wireless broadcasts for entertainment began in the UK from the Marconi Research Centre 2MT at Writtle near Chelmsford, England. -
First Broadcasted AD
On WEAF, the world's first broadcasted AD was put online -
FRC
Created to assign radio frequencies for other stations to use -
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Golden Era
When Radio was beginning to come around, stations were thirsty for money -
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Radio's Demise
TV came around, making Radio less popular and unable to do anything -
Making of 102.1 The Edge
Frequency 102.1 FM was authorized in 1960 as KFMF. AM 870 (then KJIM) purchased the KFMF construction permit and went on air in 1962 as KJIM-FM, playing automated easy listening. KJIM AM and FM added a UHF-TV permit in the mid-1960s (See KTXA-TV) and sold off 870 to raise capital. -
Hall & Oates
The greatest band of the late 1960s was formed on this year -
Billy Joel
Billy Joel starts his music career by the song,"Piano Man."
