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Marconi
He was an Italian inventor. He sent and recieved the first radio signal in 1895. No one knows if he actually invented he radio, or if he just had good public relations that made him be the one famous for it. -
Audion Tube
Lee de Forest created/ borrowed the idea for the audion tube. The audion tube was a vaccuum tube that amplified signals. It is said that Reginald Fessenden came up with the idea and was the person Forest borrowed from -
First Radio Station
Frank Conrad invented the first radio station. It was originally called 8XK, and then later changed to KDKA. It's still around and streaming in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. -
First Commercial Aired
WEAF aired a 10 minute commercial in 1922. The cost for the commercial to be aired was $50 from the advertisers. It was the dawn of advertising. -
FRC
Advertisers were losing money because there were to many Uncle Charlie's, and their advertisements were not being heard. In order to regulate all that, FRC was created. It organized the licensing of transmitters and assigned radio station frequencies and call letters. -
Single Sideban was created
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Golden Era of Radio
Around the 30s-40s, the Great Depression was going on. That's when people would always tune into the radio as an escape because that's what music is, something to fill in the void. It was also a great family medium. -
TV created
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First FM Radio
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Radio's Demise
TV started to replace radio in the late 1930s- early 1940s.