Radio History

By feliz21

  • maxwell discovers sound

    James Clerk Maxwell showed that sound can move thorough free space

  • first intentional sound is sent

    performed in an experiment by David Edward Hughes around 1880

  • radio spectrum

    Hertz conducted a series of experiments that proved the existence of Maxwell's electromagnetic waves, using a frequency in what would later be called the radio spectrum.

  • Hertz proves maxwell right

    He transmitted airborne electro magnetic waves proving maxwell right

  • possibility of wireless telegraphy

    William Crookes wrote on the possibilities of wireless telegraphy based on Hertzian waves

  • first wireless telegraph built

    in 1894 the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi built the first complete wireless telegraphy system based on Hertzian waves

  • first radio factory built

    Marconi opened the world's first radio factory at New Street Works in Chelmsford, England.
  • Period: to

    golden age of radio

    When radio was at its peak most people heard to radio

  • first radio program broadcasted

    The first radio news program was broadcasted by station 8MK

  • first voice transmitted wirelessly

    Brazilian priest Roberto Landell de Moura transmitted a voice wirelessly

  • Creation of Spotify

    developed at this time

  • creation of Soundcloud

    he founders aspired to allow musicians to share recordings with each other