Radio and TV history

By Voldness

  • The discovery that electromagnetic waves can travel through free space

    James Clerk Maxwell found out that electromagnetic waves can travel through free space. This would lay the foundation as without this vital discovery we would not have radio.
  • Guglielmo Marconi builds the first commercially successful wireless telegraphy system.

    Guglielmo Marconi builds the first commercially successful wireless telegraphy system.

    Using airborn Hertzian waves, this wireless telegraphy would be used in military services.
  • The first complete, commercially successful radio system.

    The first complete, commercially successful radio system.

    Marconi made it to fame when he made the first complete radio system. He found out that if he raised and grounded his antenna he would increase the distance to 2 miles. This same system saved over 700 lives on the titanic and would allow him to win a noble peace prize.
  • First voice transmitted

    First voice transmitted

    Roberto Landell de Moura transmitted the first human voice through radio in 1900.

  • First transatlantic communications

    Experiment conducted by marconi
  • Harold J Power

    Harold J Power

    Transmitted the first continuous broadcast (lasted 3 hours).
  • The first entertainment broadcast

    The first entertainment broadcast

    The first entertainment broadcast was aired by 2ADD. They would air concerts and sports.
  • The first radio news program was broadcast

    The first radio news program was broadcast

    The first radio news program was broadcast by station 8MK, which is still alive and running today under the name WWJ.
  • College football on the radio

    College football on the radio

    Thanks to 2ADD sports broadcasting became the norm.
  • AT&T commercializing telephones

    AT&T commercializing telephones

    AT&T commercialized cellphones by introducing them to a hundred towns.