1888: Heinrich Hertz detects and produces radio waves.
1899: Marconi establishes first radio link between England and France
1914: Edwin Armstrong patents a radio receiver circuit with positive feedback.
1920: KDKA broadcasts the first regular licensed radio broadcast out of Pittsburgh, PA.
1928: A radio statio in NYC, WRNY begins to broadcast television shows
1935: FM radio is born, but only in mono
1945: Television is born. FM is moved from its original home of 42-50 Mhz to 88-108 Mhz to make room for TV
1946: There are six TV stations in the nation.
1950: A small studio is created in the newly-erected South Quadrangle
1978: U-M President Robben Fleming urges that WCBN should be used only for educational purposes and restricted to students only.
1979: February: First WCBN fundraiser is organized by Ann Rebentisch, and raises $5,000
1986: In Europe, FM radio stations begin to use the subcarrier signal of FM radio to transmit digital data. This RDS (radio data system) is used to transmit messages on display screens to radios.
