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Samuel Morse born
Created Morse Code which used dots and dashes to communicate -
Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville
Invents phonautogram to record sound -
Marconi
Was the person who invented Radio, as far as we know. He could have had good public relations so, he may have not even invented the Radio, he could've just took credit for it. -
Marconi Transmits across the English Channel
Marconi transmits the Morse Code letter "s" across the English Channel for over 200 miles. -
Audion Tube is created
A glass tube created by Lee De Forest. It acts as an apmplifier, Reginald Fessenden was the one who was credited with the idea, he just didn't get credit for the invention. -
RCA established
Radio Company established in 1919, not only was it a Radio Corporation, but it was also an Electronics Company. They went out of business in 1985, being bought out by General Electric -
First Network Created- KDKA
First network is created. It is named KDKA because it is west of the Mississippi. They chose that date because it was election day and it showed the power of Radio. -
The Dawn of Adevertising
WEAF aired a 10 minute commercial for an apartment complex costing $50 -
FRC
Uncle Charlie was too popular so they made a law assigning radio station frequencies, call letters, and power limits and had to have a license to get a transmitter -
Golden Era
The Golden Era of Radio, The Middle of the Great Depression everyone listened to the radio -
FM stereo begins use
FM technology was pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong. The systems we bascially in beta in the 1950's. They were perfected on KDKA, which is based in Pennsylvania -
First CD players are sold in Japan
The first walkman was sold in Japan. Walkman was the original mp3, it was an 8 track tape, you could press pause/play, fast forward, and rewind. Some had a stop button
