History of Radio By Aranirizos 1890 The birth of radio. 1892 Scientist Nikola Tesla experimented with radio energy for communication. 1895 Guglielmo Marconi built a wireless system to transmit signal long distances. 1899 The US Army established a wireless communication system. 1901 Guglielmo Marconi conducted the first successful transatlantic radio communications. 1906 Reginald Fessenden made the first radio broadcast with audio. 1920 The first radio station, KDKA in Pennsylvania, was created. 1924 The beginning of broadcasting in the Soviet Union. 1930 The Galvin Corporation introduced the first commercial car radios. 1933 Edwin Armstrong created FM Radio. 1933 FDR used radio to broadcast Fireside chats to America during WWII. 1954 Regency created the pocket transistor radio. 1963 The first radio communication satellite, Telstar, was launched into space. 1990 The birth of internet radio. 2002 Tunein begins bringing radio to the world.
