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Morse Code
British physicist sir Oliver Lodge demonstrated the reception of Morse Code signaling using radio waves using a coherer -
first radio signal
an italian inventer named Marconi created the first radio signal with the sounding of taps from one place to another -
first radio station
Marconi opened the first radio station on the isle of wright in England -
Tesla
Tesla opened the wardencliff Tower facicility and advertised survices -
R.A. Fessenden
American scientist R.A. Fessenden transmists human speech via radiowaves -
Audion tube
Lee De Forest created the audion tube, this invention was a vaccum tube that amplified signals so radio broadcasting can be heard from more than a couple miles away -
Shortwave radio
Shortwave radio is developed.
RCA is founded -
First Radio Commercial
The First Pioneer broadcasting station , Franmk Condrad WEAF aired the first Audio commercial -
the FRC
the FRC was created to organize and license all transmitters, they assigned radio station frequences -
Golden Era
the 1930s to the 1940s was the golden era for the radio -
Columbia University's Radio Club
Oct.10: Columbia University's Radio Club opens the first regularly scheduled FM station -
Television
Television is born. FM is moved from its original home of 42-50 Mhz to 88-108 Mhz to make room for TV -
Sony hand held radios
Sony offers a miniature transistor radio. This is one of the first mass-produced consumer AM/FM radios -
digital FM transmitter
In Paris an experimental digital FM transmitter begins operation
