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  Hertz sent electro magnetic waves
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  Marconi invented wireless telegraphing
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  Roberto Landell transmitted human voice over half a mile
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  Marconi built first radio factory
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  first radio news program
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  single sideband and frequency modulation were invented
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  Commercial television transmissions started in North America and Europe in the 1940s.
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  the Regency company introduced a pocket transistor radio, the TR-1, powered by a "standard 22.5 V Battery."
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  In the early 1960s, VOR systems finally became widespread for aircraft navigation; before that, aircraft used commercial AM radio stations for navigation. (AM stations are still marked on U.S. aviation charts).
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  first mobile cellphone
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  The GPS was created
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  malamud launches the first talk radio
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  CRB decided to have a $500 minimum fee per station
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  CRB makes web casters also pay $500