History of the Radio

  • Discovery of Radio Waves

    Mahlon Loomis, a dentist, demonstrated "wireless telegraphy." He was able to make a meter connected to one kite and cause another one to move, marking the first known instance of wireless aerial communication. Source
  • The Very First Radio

    Guglielmo Marconi was the first to get the idea of the radio patented. ALthough, the original idead of the radi owere developed by Nikola Telsa. Tesla tried to prove that he was the creator of radio but it wasn't until 1943, where Marconi's patents were overrode by Tesla's patent. However, people still have no idea about Tesla's work with radio. Source
  • First Radio Signal Sent

    Guglielmo Marconi sent and recived the first radio signal in Italy in 1895
  • Ships contacted

    Source The first new broadcast was sent to ships
  • Creation of FM Radio

    Creation of FM Radio
    Picture SourceEdwin Armstrong won a patent for the creation of the FM radio in 1933, and the following year he did his first field test when he broadcast an organ recital in AM and FM signals from the top of the Empire State Building. Fm radio was precise and clear while AM radio was often static filled. Source
  • Conssumption of Radios

    Source1/3 of Americans have a radio in their household
  • The inventio of transitor radio

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    Regency Division of Industrial Development Engineering Associates and Texas Instruments built the radio. On October 18, 1954.
  • Moblie music players

    SourceThe battery-operated, AM radios became popular in the 1960s,
  • Big Boom Box

    SourceMarantz Superscope is recognized as the first true boombox. Soon after a number of manufacturers, including RCA, Sony and Emerson, began selling their own versions.
  • HD Radio

    Source HD Radio Technology enables quality audio signals to radio receivers with additional things like new wireless data services such as station, song and artist identification, stock and news information, local traffic and weather,