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Radioteletype (1800s)
a telecommunications system consisting originally of two or more electromechanical teleprinters in different locations connected by radio rather than a wired link. These machines were later superseded by personal computers running software to emulate teleprinters. -
Human Voice radio broadcasting
Roberto Landell de Moura, a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and inventor who publicly demonstrated a radio broadcast of the human voice on June 3, 1900. He also studied the physical sciences, and following his radio broadcast over 8 km in Sao Paulo. -
Radio in Spain
Julio Cervera Baviera developed radio in Spain around 1902. He visited Marconi's radiotelegraphic installations on the English Channel, and worked to develop his own system. -
Audion Tube
Lee De Forest created the audion tube, a vacuum tube that amplified signals. It is widely believed that a guy named Reginald Fessenden, actually came up with the idea. -
The first vacuum tubes
amplifying vacuum tubes revolutionized radio receivers and transmitters. John Ambrose Fleming developed a vacuum tube diode. Lee de Forest placed a screen, added a grid electrode. -
Federal Radio Commission (FRC)
FRC was created in 1926 and established in 1927. It organized the licensing of transmitters and assigned radio frequencies, call letters, and power limits. -
Show Boat by Jerome Kern
A musical performed in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern. The quality of the musical was recognized immediately by the critics, and Show Boat is frequently revived. -
FM Radio
FM radio was patented by inventor Edwin H. Armstrong. FM uses frequency modulation of the radio wave to reduce static and interference from electrical equipment and the atmosphere. -
Anything Goes by Cole Porter
Anything goes was a musical that had music and lyrics made by Cole Porter. The musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain and has been filmed twice. The musical has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. -
Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
A rhythm and blues song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 3 or 5, 1951. The song was a hymn of praise to the joys of the Oldsmobile "Rocket 88" automobile.
