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Radio History

By ct205226

  • Guglielmo (Bill) Marconi

    Guglielmo (Bill) Marconi
    Macaroni sends the first trans-Atlantic radio signal. He was told no signal could go past 200 miles, but he proved the disbelievers wrong.

  • The First Musical Broadcast

    The First Musical Broadcast
    NO OFFICIAL DATE DISCLOSED. Fessenden, in Brant Rock MA, had the first radio broadcast. He played his violin, sang a couple songs, and read "a bible verse or two". http://www.californiahistoricalradio.com/radio-history/100years/

  • Lee de Forest and Reginald Fessenden

    Lee de Forest and Reginald Fessenden
    These two men create the Audion and the wireless telephone. These gave communication a much longer range.

  • US Hijacks radio

    US Hijacks radio
    The US government had every radio station shut down until the war ends for defensive purposes. They told the whole country that they were going to war with Germany.

  • KDKA

    KDKA
    Frank Conrad, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, cretaed the radio station 8xk. This, in 1949, came to be known as KDKA radio.

  • Licensed Radio Broadcasting

    Licensed Radio Broadcasting
    Frank Conrad and his company Westinghouse go on regualr broadcasts to promote music. They sell any radios to fund the regualr broadcastings.

  • THE DAWN OF ADVERTISEMENT

    THE DAWN OF ADVERTISEMENT
    In 1922, WEAF aired a 10 minute "commercial". They charged $50 per radio to listen to it.

  • First #1 hit song

    First #1 hit song
    Tommy Dorsey ft. Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers scored the first ever #1 hit song with "I'll Never Smile Again". It stayed the #1 song for 13 weeks, and went from July 27th-October 12th.

  • R&R

    R&R
    On July 11th, 1951, Alan Freed, who was a disk jockey for WJW Cleveland. "Rocket 88" and "Rock Around The Clock" are two songs that are disputed as the first official rock songs played on radio.

  • First song on BBC

    First song on BBC
    "Flowers In The Rain" by The Move was played by Tony Blackburn on BBC1. This was the first song ever aired by radio in ther UK.

  • First hiphop song

    First hiphop song
    At some point in 1979, "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang was released. while it was not the first rap song, its what caused hiphop to grow in pooularity so much.