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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was able to prove in the year 1888 that electromagnetic waves could travel through free space. This confirmed Maxwell's theory of this and provided a base for further inventions with radio.
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Guglielmo Marconi had succesfully built the first wireless telegraph system. This system was based on Hertzian waves (Hz). He also started a company for developing these sytems for Marine and military use.
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Marconi opens the first radio factory to make and produce radios. it was at New Street Works in Chelmsford, England.
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Station 8MK broadcast the first news program in Detroit, Michigan. This station still exists but is now known as WWJ owned by the CBS network.
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Union College has its the first college ran radio station. Located in Schenectady, New York. Ran by an African American Student named Wendell King.
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Joseph Franklin Rutherford deleivers his first radio Bible sermon. This was done in California.
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Built in 1935 to transport passengers through Europe and U.S. Met its demise in 1937 at Lakehurst Nval Air Station.
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The first FM radio station was an experiment, but in this year it was granted an U.S. construction pemit by the FCC.
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Performed as a halloween special . Welles acting was so good it scared many listeners into beleiving an actual martian invasion was happening.
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Sony announced their first transistorized radio. This radio was small enough to fit into a vest pcoket. It only needed a small battery to be powered.
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First commuication satelit was made, TELSTAR.
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Held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm near Bethel, New York.
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John Lennon, famous member of the Beatles and anti-war protestor, was murdered on this day
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Apple introduces iTunes at Macworld in SanFrancisco. This Program changed the way people with interacted with music.
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Kid Kraddick a beloved radio show host for 106.1 in the mornings had died his day.
