radio history

By Gracie Hlas

  • marconi

    gunlielmo Marconi built a wireless system cable of transmitting signals at long distance

  • transatlantic

    marconi conducts the first successful transatlantic radio communication

  • radio audio cast

    Fessenden uses an Alexander alternator and rotary spark plug transmitter to make the first radio audio broadcast

  • fireside chats

    people turn to the radio for entertainment and comfort during the great depression

  • fm radio

    Edwin Armstrong created fm radio (frequency modulation)

  • w1oxoj

    became the first fm radio station

  • amateur radio

    amateur radio satellite first launched

  • WXYC

    because the first radio station to broadcast on the internet

  • copy right trouble

    copy right act forces broadcasters to pay additional royalty fees

  • a new station

    online internet radio valued at 49 million

  • nanotube

    was invented small enough yo fit in a single cell

  • slacker radio

    slacker radio launches, offering traditional stations