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Italian inventor Marconi sent the first radio signals
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Lee De Forest created the audion tube, a glass vaccuum tube that amplified signals.
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Frank Conrad made the station 8XK, later renamed KDKA.
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WEAF aired a 10-minute commercial for an apartment complex charging $50.
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Radio shows such as Amos n Andy, Gunsmoke, Our Miss Brooks, superman, etc... were becoming very popular among people, and families would often crowd around the radio at the end of the day and listen to these types of shows.
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The Federal Radio Commision was established due to the high amount of radio stations and to keep them from interfering with each others broadcasts. It organized the licensing of transmitters and assigned each radio station frequency's, call letters, and power limits.
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The Federal Radio Commision was replaced with the Federal Communcications Commision.