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Founding of radio waves
James Clerk Maxwell predicted the existence of radio waves -
First wireless telegraph
Mahlon Loomis, an American dentist, successfully demonstrated wireless telegraphy -
Radio is invented
young Italian named Gugliemo Marconi invented what he called “the wireless telegraph” useing radio waves -
First Patent
Tesla applied for first patent. -
Long communication
Telegraphed the letter S from the english channel to Newfoundland -
Wireless telegraphs
Wireless telegraphs were created in orrder to talk to ships that were over sea. This allowed people to communicate easier. -
Hawaii
radiotelegraph service was instituted between five Hawaiian Islands. -
President Rosevelt
Marconi station located in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, carried an exchange or greetings between President Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII. In 1905 the naval battle of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese war was reported by wireless. -
Nobel Peace Prize
Marconi shared the Nobel Prize for physics with Ferdinand Braun -
Important Roles
Radio's played an important role on people. 500 stations played news music and sports and dramas. -
BBC(British Broadcasting System)
Europe’s most famous broadcasting station, the British Broadcasting Company or BBC. -
Spreading
By 1925, broadcasting is in most of the United Kingdom. -
Royal Charter
The British Broadcasating Company got the royal charter -
Radio Act of 1927
This allowed the federal goverment to monitor the airways. -
Houeseholds
Most homes had at leasat one radio in their house in the US and Europe -
Golden Age Begins
Since Radio was free after the buying the reciever it was favored during the Great Depression. It was cheaper than going out for entertainment, -
WW1
Macroni sued the U.S. government in 1943 for patent infringement during World War I. -
Golden Age Ends
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Expanding
The FM channel was added, this allowed for more programs to be aired for the BBC
