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1st radio signal
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Audion tube: a vacuum tube the amplified the signals
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SInce there was no other way of communication to people on the water, use of radio signals helped the Titanic victims by communicating that the ship had sank, otherwise there would have been no survivors.
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8KX, later named KDKA (still broadcasting out of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
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first 10 minute ad/toll broadcast, for an apartment complex charging $10
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Uncle Charlies are personal radio stations that anyone could broadcast, these became too common and often interfered with advertisements that people paid for, this angered companies.
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TV was invented and radio started to slowly subside
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music started to be played on the radio in place of shows as tv gained traction
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The FRC kept Uncle Charlies at bay and put restrictions on who could broadcast from a radio station.
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as TV becomes more popular, radio begins to die down
