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Radio History

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    Music!

    Music!
    Music is created with the basic vocal note scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.Music was first created by Guido D'Arezzo.He contributed lots of things to the music theory.Also, he improved it a lot.

  • Marconi

    Marconi
    Marconi was the first person send & receive radio signals in 1895.Also, he was a winner of the Nobel peace prize.All his creations were patented to protect his rights and credit for his creations.

  • Audion Tube

    Audion Tube
    Lee De Forest creates the audion tube.Specifically, he created the Triode & Phonofilm audion tube.Also, it shoots electrons toward a positively charged anode.

  • Radio Transmission From Air!

    Radio Transmission From Air!
    The first radio transmission from an airplane.Also, know as Aviation communication.The first airplane signals have successfully came from all the way in the air to the ground.

  • Radio Station

    Radio Station
    First, radio station is created.The First one ever made was KDKA.They aired in 1920.

  • Music on the radio!

    Music on the radio!
    Music is now airing on radio for entertainment.Regular talking sessions on the radio were getting pretty bored.So, for entertainment purposes, and for the sake of radio they aired music.

  • Creation of commercials

    Creation of commercials
    The first commercial is aired on radio by WEAF.The first commercial was specifically about and apartment complex.They say the birth of commercial radio was the bell telephone company.

  • NBC

    NBC
    NBC(National Broadcasting Network) is created in NYC.David Sanroff is the creator of nbc.He won the Richard A. cook gold reward.

  • Federal Communications Commission

    Federal Communications Commission
    Licensing for radio stations is created.Some people were stealing others people idea, or taking there credit.So, this is when they created this licensing.

  • Televisions

    Televisions
    Television begin to take the radio's place.Also, they grow in popularity.It was an opportunity to see the visual effect.

  • Big Boom Box

    Big Boom Box
    In some time around the 1980's boom boxes are created. Most consumers would use them on the street and blast the music they were playing.They played a major role in the hip hop industry.

  • CNN

    CNN
    CNN(Cable News Network) is created and officially owned by the Turner Broadcasting System.Also, it's the 1st 24- hour cable.Founded in Atlanta,GA.

  • CD

    CD
    The first Compact disk(CD) is created.James Russel is the inventor of the cd.He joined a lab which lead him to this digital instrument.

  • MP3

    MP3
    The first Mp3 is created.Also, known as compacted audio.Frauenhofer developed the first, however, unsuccessful MP3 player. In 1997, developer Tomislav Uzelac of Advanced Multimedia Products invented the AMP MP3 Playback Engine, the first successful MP3 player.