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Radio was invented
Italian inventor, Marconi invented and sent the first radio signal. He was 20 years old when he invented radio. He died at the age of 63 by a heart attack. -
Call letters
Call letters help identify radio stations. "W" is east of the Mississippi River. "K" is East of Mississippi River (can't not find date of when call letters were made -
Uncle Charile
Uncle Charile was a term used for personal radio stations. Any who had the money and stuff could have their own radio station (uncle chariles have been around since the radio was invented) -
Marines loved radio
Over sea soldiers loved the radio. It helped then know what was happening on land. It also helped let others know if a ship was sinking, this saved a whole lot of lives on the titanic! -
Audion tube
The audion tube was made to amplifile signals. it is believed that it was invented by a man named Fessenden but Lee De Forest took credit for it. -
Radio station KDKA
The KDKA is a radio station invented by a man named Frank Conrad. The radio station is still around today. The day they made this radio station was the day of the Harding-Cox presidential race so people could be informed before they read about it on news paper -
FRC
The FRC was organized for the licensing of transmitters, which means you had to get their permission to start a radio station because all of the uncle chariles. Their were just too many of them -
Golden Era
The Golden Era was the time about who radio was doing very good and making money along with making people happy. During this, radio was dominate and filled with very different stuff like music, sports, skits, and all kinds of other stuff. This was between the 30s and 40s. -
The Dawn of Advertising
The radio was running low on money, like badly. People needed to start making money from it somehow, so they turned to advertising. The companies would pay the radio stations so people could hear about their product. -
Tv was invented
Television started to become very popular, but that was very bad for the radio but more people would rather see than hear. This was bad news for the radio -
Radio to Tv
After Tv came out to the world, radio shows started to move to the tv in the late 30s. This caused a lot of problems. Some of the voice actors for the radio show didn't fit what the character looked like. For example, the voice actor for "Little Orphan Anne" was voiced by an older woman, not a little girl in a red dress. -
Radio loses money
Ever since television came out, radio was being less and less cared about. Radio stations were quitting, too much money was being lost. Radio was dying out. -
Radios Demise
Not long after television came out, radio was fading away. Radios money was at an all time low. "Tv will do to the radio as the car did to the horse." -
Music saves the day!
The radio needed something to bring them back and quick! Lucky music was there to help. radios were in cars and people wanted to listen to music! So music got people listening again! -
Radio vs. Everything!
Radio has many competitors, such as Spotify, Pandora, Youtube, Last.Fm, iTunes, Sirius, and so many more! Because these let you pick the type of music you like. While radio plays whatever.
