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Marconi sent the very first Radio Wave in 1895
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1906, Lee De Forest copied someone elses invention and made it his own.
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On 31 August 1920 the first known radio news program was broadcast by station 8MK, the unlicensed predecessor of WWJ (AM) in Detroit, Michigan. In 1922 regular wireless broadcasts for entertainment began in the UK from the Marconi Research Centre 2MT at Writtle near Chelmsford, England.
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On WEAF, the world's first broadcasted AD was put online
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Created to assign radio frequencies for other stations to use
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When Radio was beginning to come around, stations were thirsty for money
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TV came around, making Radio less popular and unable to do anything
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Frequency 102.1 FM was authorized in 1960 as KFMF. AM 870 (then KJIM) purchased the KFMF construction permit and went on air in 1962 as KJIM-FM, playing automated easy listening. KJIM AM and FM added a UHF-TV permit in the mid-1960s (See KTXA-TV) and sold off 870 to raise capital.
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The greatest band of the late 1960s was formed on this year
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Billy Joel starts his music career by the song,"Piano Man."
