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Tada The radio is born. Italian inventor Marconi Sent and recived the first radio signal. A lot of people say they think Marconi did not invent radio.
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This was a amplipher to make radio signals travel farther. It was created by Lee De Forest. Some controversy says that he did not create the amlipher.
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In 1920 Marconi stared the first radio station. Originonally the station was named 8XK But renamed to KDKA later. This is a running radio station today in Pennsylvania.
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In 1922 one of the first radio advertisements was aired. It aired for 10 minutes. This ad was for a apartment complex and the were charged $50
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Uncle charlie which was people who broadcasted in the nieghborhood. then the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) to restrict radio. This limmited the amount of people that could have radio stations.
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This is when radio was the best. In the 1930s and the 1940s was the middle of the great depression. This provided a escape from the real world.
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The golden Era brought a lot of famous characters. Amos n Andy, Gunsmoke The Shadow Our Miss Brooks superman and more. This brought the whole family to listen to the radio.
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Radio is dieing and nobody cared. The advertisers left the radio stations for tv. but then they played music
