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Standard analog transmissions began broadcasting around Europe and North America.
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The US Supreme Court restores previous patents of Oliver Lodge, John Stone Stone and Nicola Tesla to declare that the Marconi Company weren't the first to achieve radio communication.
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After World War 2, Germany was finally granted access to FM radio.
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A new wavelength plan was made for Europe (excluding Germany at the time) in a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Germany was only given poor medium-wave frequencies, so they broadcasted on their own wavelength called UWS (ultra short waves), which are currently called VHF.
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The pocket transistor radio, Regency TR-1, was created by two American companies, Texan Instruments of Dallas from Texas and Industrial Development Engineering Associates from Indiana. It was very popular due to its small size and portability. It was powered by a standard 22.5V battery.
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The first transistorized radio was created by Sony which was small enough to be put into a vest pocket and was powered by a small battery.
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The first radio communication satellite, called TELSTAR, was launched by NASA and contracted by Telephone Bell Laboratories. This allowed the telephone network to convert to the digital network.
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Digital transmissions began being broadcasted via satellites.
