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Marconi invents Radio
Marconi, due to his incredible sense of PR, became known to create the first radio signal. He might not have been the first one to ever discover this, but he is the one known for it. -
Titanic ship downs down
The Titanic would go down in 1912 an people would not have even known that it sunk if there were not radio signals that located where the ship was at times. -
First Radio Station created
In 1920s era, known as the Roaring Twenties, the first radio station was created called 8XK but later and still known as KDKA. -
First Radio broadcasted commercial for money
In 1922, WEAF aired a 10 minute 'commercial' or toll broadcast, for an apartment complex, charging $50. Today, companies pay thousands of dollars to have their commercial played at least once on the radio so this process has come a long way. -
FRC established
In this year the FRC, later known as the FCC, was established. It organized the licensing of transmitters, assigning radio stations frequencies, call letters, and power limts -
Golden Era begins
This time in history the radio was well known and almost everyone already own or wanted to own one. The 1930's was a time during The Great Depression, so the radio provided escape for those people who needed it. As World War II began, people wanted to know what was going on so they listened to the radio to know exactly that. -
Fireside chats
During the Great Depression, people would sit around their radios and listen to President FDR give chats about what he plans to do to fix the nation. This caused MANY people to tune in to the radio. -
TV makes appearance
In the late 1930s, TV will make an appearance and knowing that the TV could provide a picture to customers, adversities went to TV to start advertsing. This meant radio would lose a ton of money so they needed to make a comeback somehow. -
Music saves radio!
Around the 1940s, music began to play on the radio due to the creation of FM radio. This music saved radio as an industry. It filled a void. -
Emerge of 50s music
The 1950s were a time for rock and roll. Famous singers arose such as the well known, Elvis Presely. People were all about music in this time. -
Telstar
The world's technology was now focused on space and radio became different. The first radio communication was sent to space. -
Beatles break out in America
In 1964, the Beatles held the top 5 spots on the Billboard Top 100. This music drew much attention to the radio because many people enjoyed their music and tuned in. -
The Digital Age
Radio experimenters begin to explore and figure out how to use audio cards to process radio signals. This led to the first digital transmissions. -
Sirius Radio makes it's mark
This is the year Sirius Satellite Radio was founded and began the age of all sorts of new digital radios. Things such as pandora, and others. -
Today's radio
Today's radio is not only found in cars and physical radio players. It is everywhere such as phones, tablets, computers with companies such as Spotify, Pandora, Youtube, iTunes, and Sirius
