Radio History

Marconi invents radio

1895

Marconi invented radio, may not have been the first but was the best.

First ship to use Marconi System

1899

The R.F. Matthews
was the first ship to request emergency
assistance using a wireless apparatus

First radio for overseas communication

1901

Marconi invented the first radio that could transmit signals across the Atlantic Ocean

Reginald Fessenden

1906

The first to transmit a program of speech and music

First radio transmission from an airplane

1910

The first transmission from an airplane

Federal regulation of American airwaves begins.

1912

Amateurs had to be licensed; ships had to have a
radio and trained operators.

U.S starts closing all unnecessary radio stations

1917

all U.S radio stations not needed by the government are closed as WW1 begins

First radio station

1920

The first radio station was created in Pennsylvania, and was first aired in New York

The F.R.C wants to bring order to chaotic airwaves

1927

The F.R.C wants to bring order to chaotic airwaves