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In 1894, there was a Russian Physicist by the name of Alexander Popov. He was the first one to build a coherer, a radio detector.
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Marconi, an Italian, was believed to have the first radio signal sent out. Although, it might have been Reginald Fessenden to come up with the idea.
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Marconi was awarded for his first successful radio transmission. He received a patent for radio with British Patent 12039. This patent was the first patent for radio.
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Marconi was the first one to build the first Radio factory established in 1898. It was located in the Isle of Wight, England. The factory employed around 50 people.
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Bose announced his invention of the iron mercury iron coherer with telephone detector. He presented it in a paper at Royal Society, London.
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In 1906, the first radio program of voice and music was broadcasted. This happened in the U.S.. The person who broadcasted this was R.A. Fessenden.
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Fessenden invented an electric generator in 1907. This generator produced radio waves with a frequency of 100 kHz.
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Edwin Armstrong developed the first Superheterodyne Radio Receiver in 1918. This was the basis that all radio receivers now use.
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In 1920, the 8XK station was established. It was later changed to the name KDKA and they now broadcast in Pittsuburgh, Pennslyvania.
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The first commercial to air was from WEAF. It was 10 minutes long and charged $50. This came out to $5 per minute.
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The FRC aka the Federal Radio Commission was established in 1927. This later became known today as the FCC.
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In 1935, FM Radio is established. It was featured as mono only. FM stands for Frequency Modulation.
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In 1954, the first fender stratocaster was produced. Also in this year, Elvis Presley releases "That's Alright Mama" on Sun Records.
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The Beatles released their single, Love Me Do, in 1962. This was their first ever single.
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In 1963, the first cassette tapes were made by Philips. This year, the birth of Whitney Houston and Eazy-E and Paul Oakenfold came to be.
