Radio history

Marconi: the start of radios

Oct 9, 1895

Was an Italian inventor who Sent and received the first radio signal in 1895

Lee de Forest

Feb 14, 1906

Lee de forest “borrowed” the idea for the audion tube form Reginald Fessenden , A vacuum tube that amplified signals which make Signals could travel farther

first radio program

Oct 30, 1906

First radio program of voice and music broadcast in the U.S. (by R.A. Fessenden

Titanic using radio waves

Apr 15, 1912

While the titanic what sinking, it sent radio waves and because of that it was able to be found

armstrong

Sep 17, 1918

Armstrong develops the superheterodyne radio receiver. The principle for this receiver is the basis for all radio receivers now in use.

Frank Conrad

Apr 29, 1920

1920-first radio station was made.
8xk(original name of the first radio station) later renamed kdka Opened by Frank Conrad

kdka

Jun 23, 1920

KDKA broadcasts the first regular licensed radio broadcast out of Pittsburgh, PA.

: A radio statio in NYC, WRNY begins to broadcast television shows

Apr 4, 1928

: A radio statio in NYC, WRNY begins to broadcast television shows

Golden Era

Sep 15, 1935

Everyone listened to the radio because of war and great depression. Radios became very big and expensive

Transistor is invented

May 12, 1947

The future of radio and television is forever changed when John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley of Bell Laboratories co-invent the transistor.

Elvis Presley: the hillbilly cat

Dec 1, 1955

Elvis' second song for the flip side of the acetate was another Ink Spots song, ' That's ... He made a strong impression on Marion Keisker, a long-time Memphis radio ... Even though nothing came of his first session at the Memphis Recording ...

Jackson 5 first song

Jan 7, 1968

One of the first songs to play on the radio

Sony "Watchman

Nov 28, 1988

Sony introduces the first in its "Watchman" series of handheld, battery-operated, transistorized television sets. Model FD-210, with its 1.75-inch screen, is the latest entry in a 30-year competition among manufacturers to produce tiny micro-televisions. The first transistorized TV, Philco’s 1959 Safari, stood 15 inches high and weighed 15 pounds.

Digital transimissions

Jul 8, 1995

The digital transmissions began to be applied to broadcasting.

miley cyrus changed and hit song came on every radio

Jul 1, 2013

Miley cyrus changed into someone else and publish a very provcative song called 23

Fancy by Iggy

Apr 5, 2014

Iggy's song, "Fancy" came on the 102.7 for the first time