Marchese Guglielmo Marconi builds his first radio equipment, a device that will ring a bell from 30 ft. away
American scientist R.A. Fessenden transmists human speech via radiowaves
First radio transmission of music at Graz, Austria
First radio program of voice and music broadcast in the U.S. (by R.A. Fessenden)
KDKA broadcasts the first regular licensed radio broadcast out of Pittsburgh, PA.
March: WWJ, an AM station in Detroit, offers the University of Michigan broadcasting rights for extension lectures.
Dreese instead runs experimental station WCBC as a project in the basement of West Engineering. This project died at the end of the academic year.
WJR-AM offers educational broadcasting spots to the UM. The UM continued to broadcast on WWJ as well. WJR-AM offers educational broadcasting spots to the UM. The UM continued to broadcast on WWJ as well.
A radio statio in NYC, WRNY begins to broadcast television shows
In August 1953, Presley walked into the offices of Sun Records.
the beatles
From 1960, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act and producer George Martin enhanced their musical potential.
United States radio stations begin broadcasting in stereophonic sound.
Tennessee to commemorate the site of the KWEM Radio Station Saturday Night Jamboree, the location of the first major public appearance by Elvis Presley before signing with Sun Records a year later
In Paris an experimental digital FM transmitter begins operation