history of radio

  • electromagnetic waves

    electromagnetic waves

    The first test of electromagnetic waves was preformed by David Edward Hughes.
  • developing a system of communication

    developing a system of communication

    Guillermo Marconi built the first commercially successful wireless telegraphy system based on radio waves
  • first radio program

    first radio program

    the first radio program was aired to the ships at sea playing O holy night on the violin and a passage from the Bible.
  • radio factory

    radio factory

    Marconi opened the first radio factory at New street works in Chelmsford, England.
  • radio news

    radio news

    The first radio news was broadcast.
  • single side band

    single side band

    single side band and frequency modulation was invented by amateur radio operators.
  • TV

    TV

    The first Commercial television transmissions stated in Europe and North America.
  • Regency company

    Regency company

    Regency company introduced the first pocket radio (TR-1)
  • colored TV

    colored TV

    color television was broadcast commercially
  • loran

    loran

    the premier radio navigation system.
  • GPS

    GPS

    lunch of Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • personal computers

    personal computers

    experimenters began to use personal computers with audio cards to process radio signals
  • revenue

    revenue

    revenue from online streaming music radio was US$49 million