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first radio invention
1895, young Italian named Guglielmo Marconi invented what he called "the wireless telegraph" -
amplified signals 1906
1906 lee de forest created (or borrowed the idea for) the audion tube, a vacuum tube that amplified signals -
radio station 1920
1920 8XK renamed KDKA -
how they made there money 1922
they sell advertising and commercial in 1922 WEAF aired a 10 minute commercial or toll broadcast, for an apartment complex charging 50 dollars -
established FRC in 1927
organized the licensing of transmetter assigning radio station frequencies -
the 30's and 40's
middle of great depression. radio prevented a escape from the great depression -
famous shows of the golden area
little orphan Annie
superman
gun smoke
the shadow
dick tracy
$64 dollar question
our miss brooks -
golden area
the best time for the radio everyone had one most money