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Marconi invents the first radio
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Uncle Charlie Radio was where anyone could broadcast on the radio from their home.
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Lee de Forest Created the tube that amplified signals
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Radio helps people on shore help people get off the titanic
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KDKA, first named 8XK was created in Pittsburg,PA and is still around
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First Commercial is aired on WEAF for 10 minutes to get money for the station.
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The FRC is created to maintain Uncle Charlie radios.
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with the great depression going on, people listened to radio to get their mind off of things.
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TV becomes more popular than Radio where people can actually see what people are talking about.
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Music comes out on the radio for it to compete with tv.
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FM transmitters are added to make music sound clear.
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Radio shows that go onto TV dont do well because voices dont match what they actually look like.
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people could listen to music on the radio on their way to work or running erons
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People couldnt do much without music because they would have to go to a concer, buy a record, or had to listen to it on jukeboxes
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Golden era helps while people want to get mind off of world war 2.