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The inventor of radio
Marconi was the first person to send and recive a radio signal in 1895. -
First transatlantic message
Marconi sent a signal across the atlantic two years earlier to Newfoundland and recieved the letter 2 two years later -
First successful radio conversation
A Marconi radio station located in Wellfleet, Massachusetts was the first to carry a conversation between President Theodore Roosevelt and English King Edward VII -
Audion Tube
In 1906 Lee De Forest came up with the idea of an Audion tube that is used to amplify radio signals. Although some believe that it was Reginald Fessender that came p with idead and Lee took credit for it. -
The first human voice broadcasted across the Atlantic
In 1915, speech was first transmitted across the continent from New York City to San Francisco and across the Atlantic Ocean from Naval radio station NAA at Arlington, Virginia, to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. -
Radio Restrictions
When the U.S. entered the first World War the govenment took control of all radio patents and restricted radio waves to prevent enemy spies from accesing information. Laater in 1919 after the war ended the govenment released control of all patents. -
RCA formation
In 1919 the RCA was formed to control the distibution of radio patents in the US after the war -
First Radio Schedule
Westinghouse's KDKA-Pittsburgh broadcast the Harding-Cox election returns and began a daily schedule of radio programs. -
First ship-to-shore conversation
At 400 miles away from shore the S.S. America has the first ship-to-shore conversation with Dual Beach and New Jersey -
Radiotelephony
In 1927 the firs commercial Radiotelephony was linked between North American and Europe and 3 years later with South America -
Inention of FM radio
Edwin Howard Armstrong invented frequency-modulated or FM radio. FM improved the audio signal of radio by controlling the noise static caused by electrical equipment and the earth's atmospher. -
the invention of the transistor
Bell las scientist invented the tranistor, a device composed of semiconductor material that amplifies a signal or opens or closes a circuit, transistors have become the major componet in all digital circuits, including computer microprocessors which now contain millions of microscopic size transistors -
Copyright for sound recordings
The United States gives federal Copyright protection to sound recordings. Prior to this, phonograph records were only protected at state level, and not in all states. -
American Idols Live cancels 8 shows
Due to poor sales and possibly a decline in ratings and interest in this season's installment, the accompanying "American Idols LIVE! Tour 2010" cancels eight of its 38 shows -
KROQ Weenie Roast
The 19th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast took place at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine.[6]
