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Sent and received first radio signal.
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Lee De Forest, created (or "borrowed" the idea for) the audion tube, a vacuum tube that amplified signals. It is widely believed that a Canadia inventor, Reginald Fessenden, actually came up with the idea, but Fessenden didn't seem to make it into the history books for the invention.
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The first public radio broadcast was a live Metropolitan Opera House performance of several famous opera singers.
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He began the first regular radio broadcasts from his garage in 1916, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. He's responsible for the founding of the first licensed broadcast station in the world, KDKA.
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In 1922 WEAF aired a 10 minute 'commercial' or toll broadcast, for an Apartment complex charging $50.
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Establisjed in 1927. Organized the licensing of transmitters. Assigned radio stations frequencies, call letters, and power limits.
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This is when radio was the best. In the 1930s and the 1940s was the middle of the great depression. People were hurting for money.
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W is East of the Mississippi River. K is West of the Mississippi River.
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Major edwin armstrong invented the FM transmitter which made stronger signals which force people to buy new radio sets. AM was talking shows and FM was for music.
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Television is born. FM is moved from its original home of 42-50 Mhz to 88-108 Mhz to make room for TV.
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CBN plays "It's my Party" by Leslie Gore for 18 hours straight the day after Reagan is elected.
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Mr. Magic debuted in 1981 on WHBI-FM in New York City with the first exclusive rap radio show to be aired on a major station. Billing itself as Rap Attack.
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Radio now competes with all types of applications such as pandora, iheart radio, etc.
