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Rudolf Hurtz
In 1888 Rudolf Hertz proved Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism with his experiment of transmitted airborne electromagnetic waves. -
Marconi
1896 Marconi was rewarded with a noble prize and and the following year he created a brand new radio station in England -
Reginald Fessenden
In 1900, Reginald Fessenden made a weak transmission of voice over the airwaves. -
Roberto Landell de Moura
In 1900, Brazilian priest Roberto Landell de Moura transmitted the human voice wirelessly for a distance of approximately a half mile. One year after that experiment, he received his first patent from the Brazilian government. -
8MK
The first radio news program was broadcast August 31, 1920 by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan -
Edwin H. Armstrong
In 1933, FM radio was patented by inventor Edwin H. Armstrong. FM uses frequency modulation of the radio wave to reduce static and interference from electrical equipment and the atmosphere -
AT&T
Commercial television transmissions started in North America and Europe in the 1940s. In 1947 AT&T commercialized the Mobile Telephone Service. -
TR-1
In 1954 Regency introduced a pocket transistor radio, the TR-1, powered by a "standard 22.5V Battery". In 1955, the newly formed Sony company introduced its first transistorized radio -
Sony
In 1960 Sony introduced their first transistorized radio, small enough to fit in a vest pocket, and able to be powered by a small battery. It was durable, because there were no tubes to burn out -
LORAN
Loran-C was a hyperbolic radio navigation system which allowed a receiver to determine its position by listening to low frequency radio signals transmitted by fixed land-based radio beacons. it was introduced in the 1970's -
GPS
The U.S. Navy experimented with satellite navigation, culminating in the launch of the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation in 1987. -
Carl Malamud
Internet radio was pioneered by Carl Malamud. In 1993, Malamud launched "Internet Talk Radio" which was the "first computer-radio talk show, each week interviewing a computer expert." The first Internet concert was broadcast on June 24, 1993 by the band Severe Tire Damage -
online streaming
In 2003, revenue from online streaming music radio was US$49 million. By 2006, that figure rose to US$500 million. It was obvious this was a new buisness -
Copyright Royalty Board
On January 31, 2016, webcasters who are governed by rules adopted by the Copyright Royalty Board were required to pay to SoundExchange an annual, nonrefundable minimum fee of $500 for each channel and station
