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Made by Italian inventor Marconi. He sent and received the first Radio signal.
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Lee De Forest created the Audion Tube which amplifies signals.
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Reginald Fessenden played O Holy Night on the violin and read a passage from the Bible.
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Was originally named 8XK, later changed to KDKA. Started by Frank Conrad. Is still broadcasting to this day in Pittsburg, Philadelphia.
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Edwin Armstrong invented the superheterodyne radio, which was a major improvement of the radios in previous years.
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The first transistor was shown at Bell Laboratories. Allows for radios to be more compact meaning they won't be bulky boxes, but can come in sizes that you can fit in your shirt pocket.
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The number of Radio receivers in the world exceeds the number of newspapers printed daily.
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United States Radio Stations began broadcasting in stereophonic sound.
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U-M President Robben Fleming urges that WCBN should be used only for educational purposes and restricted to students only.
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CBN plays "It's my Party" by Leslie Gore for 18 hours straight the day after Reagan is elected.
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At WJJX (WCBN's AM counterpart), a student DJ is fired for broadcasting a series of racist jokes.
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The U-M decides to oust non-students from WCBN.
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In Paris an experimental digital FM transmitter begins operation.
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In the US, FM radio stations begin to use the RDS already in place in Europe.
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Radio stations are no longer limited to radios themselves. You can download apps on your phone and listen from there without the radio itself. Radios also come in all different shapes and sizes.
