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Radio History

By Jordan0312

  • Birth of Guglielmo Marconi

    Birth of Guglielmo Marconi
    Marconi was born on April 25, 1874. He is considered the father of radio. He discovered that you could send a signal a greater range by raising the height of the antenna.

  • First Transatlantic Message

    First Transatlantic Message
    Marconi send the first transatlantic message from Ireland to Newfoundland, Canada in 1901.

  • First Transatlantic Message from US

    First Transatlantic Message from US
    Roosevelt sent a message to King Edward VII in 1903.

  • The Audion Tube

    The Audion Tube
    The audion tube was invented in 1906. It was the very first amplifier to push waves further by providing power to the signal.

  • First radio station

    First radio station
    KDKA in Pittsburgh becomes the very first radio station in the US in 1920.

  • First Commercial

    First Commercial
    WEAF aired as 10 minute broadcast for an apartment charging $50.

  • Federal Radio Commission

    Federal Radio Commission
    It was created in 1927 to help clean up broadcast chaos.