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Macaroni sends the first trans-Atlantic radio signal. He was told no signal could go past 200 miles, but he proved the disbelievers wrong.
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NO OFFICIAL DATE DISCLOSED. Fessenden, in Brant Rock MA, had the first radio broadcast. He played his violin, sang a couple songs, and read "a bible verse or two". http://www.californiahistoricalradio.com/radio-history/100years/
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These two men create the Audion and the wireless telephone. These gave communication a much longer range.
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The US government had every radio station shut down until the war ends for defensive purposes. They told the whole country that they were going to war with Germany.
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Frank Conrad, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, cretaed the radio station 8xk. This, in 1949, came to be known as KDKA radio.
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Frank Conrad and his company Westinghouse go on regualr broadcasts to promote music. They sell any radios to fund the regualr broadcastings.
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In 1922, WEAF aired a 10 minute "commercial". They charged $50 per radio to listen to it.
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Tommy Dorsey ft. Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers scored the first ever #1 hit song with "I'll Never Smile Again". It stayed the #1 song for 13 weeks, and went from July 27th-October 12th.
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On July 11th, 1951, Alan Freed, who was a disk jockey for WJW Cleveland. "Rocket 88" and "Rock Around The Clock" are two songs that are disputed as the first official rock songs played on radio.
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"Flowers In The Rain" by The Move was played by Tony Blackburn on BBC1. This was the first song ever aired by radio in ther UK.
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At some point in 1979, "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang was released. while it was not the first rap song, its what caused hiphop to grow in pooularity so much.
