Old radio

History of Radio

By ParkerB97
  • Marconi invents the radio

    Marconi invents the radio

    Marconi invents the radio in 1895, he most likely sent just small beeps wirelessly.
  • The first headphones

    The first headphones

    nathan baldwin creates the first headphones for public use.
  • The Titanic

    The Titanic

    The Titanic sinks and sends out a radio distress signal, which saves hundreds of lives.
  • Fist bible sermon

    Fist bible sermon

    In California Joseph Rutherford transmitted the first bible sermon over the radio.
  • CBS is created

    CBS is created

    CBS is founded by William S. Paley
  • 40,000 radios in the US

    40,000 radios in the US

    In this time the United States there are roughly 40,000 radios, 9,000 of which are in New York.
  • FCC created

    FCC created

    The Fcc is created, this puts restrictions on many uncle Charlie radio systems.
  • First FM radio

    First FM radio

    Edward Armstrong created the first FM radio in 1939 in order to play music in a better quaity.
  • THE CREATION OF BATMAN

    THE CREATION OF BATMAN

    Robert Kane introduces the Batman cartoon for radio.
  • The creation of the Boom Box

    The creation of the Boom Box

    Around this time people got boom boxes which were basically really loud radios that they would carry around.