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Marconi Invented Radio
First persen to get credit, unknowe if he relly was first or if it was a case of good PR. -
Radios On Ships
Radio transmitters were starting to be put on large ships, but not many have them yet so it took a wile for forsimilarly-equipped ships to get them. -
The invention of the Audion Tube
Lee De Forest created(or barrowed) the consept of the Audion Tube.
Which was a vacuum tube that acted as the first amplafyer. It is disputed if he actully made it first or if he took the idea. -
First Radio Station
8XK later renamed to KDKA, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -
The Start of The Advertising Age
The first Ad aired on WEAF, the ad was for a apartment complex and was ten minutes long, costing $50. -
FRC was created
Little to no regulations on who could broudcast radio stations, let to ads not getting herd which made people mad. FRC was made to limit who can broudcast radio and orgenised it by giving set frequenceys and call letters. -
The Golden Era of Radio
The 1930's and 1940's were the golden era of radio becuase people were in need of munney and radio gave familys a passtime that was low or no coust. -
The Age of Music on Radio
In order to keep radio alive, people started putting music on the radio. It filled a void that music made by alowing people to listen to music without buying a recard or paying a jukebox or seeing a live proformence. -
The Rise of FM
The sixties saw the rise of FM radio. With the addition of FM radio more people could hear music because of the different frequency modulation it used. FM aired the growing music of the hippie and psychedelic generation. -
The Age of Recent Competition
In the 80s and 90s radio broadcasting continued to expand. FM began to pose a threat to the AM stations that still played top-40 music in rotation. Thousands more stations sprung up playing all kinds of different music.
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