Radio History Timeline

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  • First Radio Signal Transmitted

    First Radio Signal Transmitted
    Marconi sent and received the first radio signal.

  • First Voice Transmission

    First Voice Transmission
    Reginald Fessenden made the first ever weak transmission of voice, using airwaves.

  • Audion Tube Invention

    Audion Tube Invention
    Reginald Fessenden came up with the idea fo the audion tube, a vaccum tube that amplifies signals.

  • First Commercial Transtlantic Radio Communcations Service

    First Commercial Transtlantic Radio Communcations Service
    Marconi esablished the first commerical translantic radio ommuncations service. It was between Chifden, Ireland and Glace Bay, Newfoundland.

  • Public Wireless Broadcasts for Entertaiment

    Public Wireless Broadcasts for Entertaiment
    The first wireless broadcasts to the public for entertaiment purposes began in Argentina. The broadcast station was known as 8MK.

  • First Radio Station

    First Radio Station
    Frank Conrad created the first radio station "8XK."
    Later renamed to KDKA.

  • First Radio Station with Commercial License

    First Radio Station with Commercial License
    The first station, WBZ, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, was the first to receive its commerical license.

  • ASCAP Taxation

    ASCAP Taxation
    ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) became to collect licensing fees and taxes from radio stations in 1923. In the beginning, it started fairly cheap $250 for all music protected under ASCAP, but for larger stations, the price increased to nearly $5,000.

  • FM Radio Invented

    FM Radio Invented
    FM radio was invented by Edwin H. Armstrong. FM radio uses frequency modulation to reduce static.

  • Radio Golden Age Begins

    Radio Golden Age Begins
    The start of the Radio Golden Age. This is when radio took off and became the most popular form of entertainment amongst the family.

  • Mobile Phones with Radio

    Mobile Phones with Radio
    AT&T commercialized the Mobile Telephone Serice.

  • Rock & Roll on the Radio

    Rock & Roll on the Radio
    Rock and Roll and other types of music were playing on the air and selling records.

  • First Communcations Satellite

    First Communcations Satellite
    The first communcations satellite, relayed the first publicly available live transatlantic televesion signal.

  • Music takes over FM Radio

    Music takes over FM Radio
    FM Radio starts to dedicate its stations to music radio.

  • Radio Fragment

    Radio Fragment
    Radio starts to include many different genres of music: disco, young soul, Latino, classic rock, etc.