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History of Radio

  • Marconi does radio

    Marconi does radio

    Marconi invents the radio. We don't actually know that he did this, but everybody assumes that he did
  • Marconi had the radio patented

  • Morse code is sent via radio for the first time

    Morse code is sent via radio for the first time

    Marconi sends morse code over the radio for the first time
  • Lee de Forrest invents the audion tube

    Lee de Forrest invents the audion tube

    He invented an amplifier called an audion tube
  • The Titanic sinks

    The Titanic sinks

    Radio helped save the lives of some passengers.
  • "Act to Regulate Radio Communications" Act

    "Act to Regulate Radio Communications" Act

    This gave the FCC hold on radio.
  • Establishment of the first radio station

    Establishment of the first radio station

    KDKA went up. It broadcasted from Pennsylvania.
  • First radio commercial

    First radio commercial

    The first commercial was broadcast from New York. It was advertising housing.
  • BBC is founded

    BBC is founded

    BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.) is founded. It's still one of the most popular stations in the world.
  • FCC was created

    FCC was created

    When it started, it was the FCC. It distributed liscensing for radio broadcsating.
  • Golden Era of radio

    Golden Era of radio

    Everybody listened to radio. This lasted until TV came around in the end of the 30s.
  • Video killed the radio station

    Video killed the radio station

    TV was invented in the late 30s, and people stopped listening to the radio.
  • Music made an appearance on radio

    Music made an appearance on radio

    Music was aired on the radio because stories were told on the TV.
  • Nikola Tesla's death

    Nikola Tesla's death

    Nikola Tesla was an innovator in electricity and the technology behind radio.
  • MLK's speech on civil rights is broadcast

    MLK's speech on civil rights is broadcast

    The beginning of the civil rights movement starts.