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Nikola Tesla implanted a device that transmitted a radio wave in which moved the boat. He was one of the first people to communicate using radio waves. He was outshadowed of his contributions in the radio world by fellow inventor Guglielmo Marconi.
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Although Marconi was not the first person to successfully communicate with radio waves, he demonstrated to people that radio waves could travel longer than 200 miles. He showcased this by sending a communication wave across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Created by Valdemar Poulsen in 1902, the arc transmitter was able to produce acurate radio waves continuously for long periods of time.
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In 1907, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden developed an electric generator that was able to produce waves up to 100 Kilo Herz which is a long enough sound wave to broadcast stories on radio.
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In 1910, the first opera was broadcasted on the radio, performed by Enrico Caruso over the New York City Metropolitan Area.
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Also known as the AM Radio, the Short Wave Radio was developed in 1919 by Edwin Armstrong. AM radios were usually broadcasting stories and news.
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KDKA was the first legally established radio brocasting station resided resided in Pittsburgh, PA. The first broadcast was about the presidential debate between Cox and Harding.
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The first radio commercial aired in 1922 in WEAF radio station in New York about Hawthorne Court Apartments in Jackson Heights. It was the first time the radio station was payed.
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The first Television show was broadcasted over radio by a New York City radio station. Television shows that were broadcasted were usually family friendly.
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The UM School of Music had its first radio class in 1931. They have also created their own radio station legally , gaining publicity.
