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Guglielmo Marconi created the first radio in 1895
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Edwin Howard Armstrong created a regenerative circuit that pushed the current up to the highest amplification.
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Station KDKA in Pittsburgh becomes the first commercial radio programmer by broadcasting presidential election returns from a wood shack on top of the Westinghouse east Pittsburgh plant.
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John Logie Baird transmitted the first recognizable image at a London department store on a device he called the tellivisor. the image was the head of a ventriloquists doll.
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John logie Baird also invented the color TV in crude color withe his ventriloquists dolls.
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Edwin Howard Armstrong develops the frequency that is called FM radio.
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The history of radio and television was forever altered when the transistor was invented.
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The new years tournament of roses became the first coast to coast color transmition
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This was up from 100 million in 1960 so it doubled in 8 years.
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President Nixon and the US government finally recognized the power of tv and Nixon gave his speech saying that "I want you to know that your president is not a crook."
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RDS allows small bits of information to be included in FM radio giving radio stations the chance to include song names and artists on digital displays in cars.
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1990 marks the beginning of the digital age.
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The first flat screen and HD TVs are introduced in 2005 and become affordable in 2006.
