Timeline: Journal 1- Radio and TV

1917

Radio suspended due to World War 1

Radio During World War One (1914-1919) Civilian radio activities were suspended during the war, as the radio industry was taken over by the government. Numerous military applications were developed, including direct communication with airplanes.

Sep 27, 1927

Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco

The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, who had been working on it since 1920. Electronic television is a type of television that uses electronic signals to produce images on a video screen

1933

Radio comforts a nation with FDR Fireside Radio chats

Between March 1933 and June 1944, through Depression and war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt) gave 30 speeches where he spoke directly to millions of Americans through a radio broadcast. These speeches became known as the "fireside chats,” a term coined by CBS station manager Harold Butche

Oct 30, 1938

Radio creates panic

On the night of October 30, 1938, between 8:15 and 9:30 p.m., a radio dramatization of H.G. Wells' sci-fi fantasy novel The War of the Worlds, performed by 23-year-old Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, sent thousands of Americans into a frenzy. After hearing the broadcast (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation), many believed that an interplanetary conflict had started with the invasion of Martians spreading death and destruction in New Jersey and New York.

Sep 21, 1939

World War II and Changes Following the War transition from radio to Television During World War II

the radio once again fulfilled an important role for both the U.S. and the U.K. With the help of journalists, radio relayed news of the war to the public. It was also a rallying source and was used by the government to gain public support. By World War II, radio broadcasting had become an established mass medium and contributed strongly to the war effort. After World War II , television replaced radio as the source of news for most Americans.