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Alba Edison create radio receiver
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Nikola Tesla wirelessly transmitted electromagnetic energy.
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Nikola Tesla made the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis.
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Guglielmo Marconi filed for patent protection of his radio apparatus.
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Guglielmo Marconi established the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company.
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First transAtlantic signal sent-by Marconi from Ireland to Canada
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Amateur radio introduced to the U.S. via a Scientific American article on “How to Construct an Efficient Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus at Small Cost.”
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Reginald Fessenden is the 1st to transmit a program of speech and music.
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First radio transmission from an airplane.
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The first on-air advertisement was carried by a New York station.
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The first permanent national network, NBC, was formed. CBS followed a year later.
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The Federal Radio Commission established to bring order to chaotic airwaves.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast the first of his 30 “fireside chats”
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Cellular radio telephony, with call handoff and frequency reuse, was conceived at Bell Laboratories
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Texas Instruments produces the first commercial transistor radio, launching the portable electronic age.
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A radio station from ecuador dcided to make his transmition by internet to population
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TuneIn begins bringing radio to the world