Radio History

By camdenready

  • First Radio Signal Sent

    Guglielmo Marconi sends the first ever radio signal.
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    Radio History

  • Lee De Forest Creates Audion Tube

    Lee De Forest Creates The Audion Tube which is a vacuum that amplifies signals.

  • Radio Saves Lives On The Titanic

    The radio on the Titanic makes it possible for them to signal the land when they are sinking.

  • First Radio Station Airs

    KDKA (called 8XK at the time) airs for the very first time out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1920.

  • First Radio Commercial Airs

    The first 10 minute radio commercial airs on WEAF for an apartment complex for $50.

  • FRC Is Established

    The Federal Radio Commission is established because personal radio use was not regulated.

  • Golden Era Of Radio Begins

    The golden era of radio starts in the early 1930s and lasts to the 1940s.

  • T.V. Starts To Make An Appearance

    T.V. makes and appearance in the late 30s and starts to make radio obsolete.

  • Radio Starts Playing Music

    Radio makes a comeback by playing music on FM radio.