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Invention of wireless transmitter
Heinrich Hertz invented the wireless transmitter. At that point in time Hertz didn't think it meant much -
First wireless communication sent
Marconi sent the first wireless communication over open sea and read "are you ready" -
Music Broadcasted
Ernest Fisk conducted an isolated experiment in which music was broadcasted -
San Jose Calling
Charles David Herrold constructed a broadcasting station. It used spark gap technology, but modulated the carrier frequency with the human voice, and later music. -
Transatlantic wireless communication
Marconi initiated duplex transatlantic wireless communication between North America and Europe for the first time, using receiver stations in Letterfrack Ireland, and Louisbourg, Nova Scotia -
First known radio news program
First radio broadcast by station 8MK, the unlicensed predecessor of WWJ (AM) in Detroit, Michigan -
FM radio
Edwin H. Armstrong invented the FM radio which uses frequency modulation of the radio wave to minimize static and interference from electrical equipment and the atmosphere in the audio program -
Standard analog television
Standard analog television transmissions started in North America and Europe. -
Pocket radio
Regency introduced a pocket transistor radio, the TR-1, powered by a "standard 22.5V Battery" -
Radio navigation system
LORAN became the premier radio navigation system. Soon, the U.S Navy experimented with satellite navigation
