Distribution and social media By EwanJackson Jul 5, 1895 First commercial disk. Jul 5, 1948 Columbia Records introduce the 33 1/3RPM record Jul 5, 1949 RCA Victor introduce the first 45 RPM record Jul 5, 1954 Introduction of the transistor radio. Jul 5, 1962 Philips introduce the compact cassette. Jul 5, 1979 Sony introduce the Walkman portable casstte player. Jul 5, 1982 Sony and Philips introduce the CD player Jul 5, 2001 Apple release the Ipod Jul 5, 2002 Last.FM the musical website is founded. Jul 5, 2005 Youtube.com is created Jul 5, 2006 Spotify.com is made