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Marconi -Italian inventor
1st radio signal -
Lee De Forest
Audion tube: a vacuum tube the amplified the signals -
Titanic Sinks
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. -
1st radio station
8KX, later named KDKA (still broadcasting out of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania -
WEAF aired the first ad
first 10 minute ad/toll broadcast, for an apartment complex charging $10 -
Uncle Charlies become too popular
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. -
TV was invented
TV was invented and radio started to slowly subside -
Music saves the radio
music started to be played on the radio in place of shows as tv gained traction -
Federal Radio Commision
The FRC kept Uncle Charlies at bay and put restrictions on who could broadcast from a radio station. -
TV kills radio
as TV becomes more popular, radio begins to die down
