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Marconi invented radio. May not have been the first, but was the best at PR.
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It is a vacuum that amplified signals
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This man was the first to invent AM for radio stations.
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Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".
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Harold Power with his radio company American Radio and Research Company (AMRAD), broadcast the first continuous broadcast in the world from Tufts University under the call sign 1XE (it lasted 3 hours). The company later became the first to broadcast on a daily schedule, and the first to broadcast radio dance programs, university professor lectures, the weather, and bedtime stories.
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First radio station was originally called 8XK, but then was renamed to KDKA by Frank Conrad.
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the radio station WEAF aired a 10 minute "commercial" or toll brodcast, for an apartment complex charging $50.
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Uncle Charlie was too popular. The FRC was established and organized the licensing of transmitters. It also assigned radio station frequencies, call letters, and power limits.
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Families could enjoy the radio together. They could listen to band music, situational comedies, drams, and story hour.
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American composer, pianist, and jazz-orchestra leader. His career spanned more than 50 years: Ellington led his orchestra from 1923 until his death. Though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington himself embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a "liberating principle," and referred his music to the more general category of "American Music," rather than to a musical genre such as "jazz."
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TV's were starting to make an appearance. As popularity grew, advertisers went to TV. Radio lost money, radio shows jumped ship.
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At the time, you didn't have very much. You had jukeboxes, records, and live concerts. Music on the radio filled a void.
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He started out with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, and then went on to be a solo artist.
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Major Edwin Armstrong invented the FM transmitter, which made for a stronger signal and higher quality sound. Listeners were forced to buy new radio sets.
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A multimedia star, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation.
