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Marconi was an italian Inventor
Sent and recieved first radio signal in 1895 -
Lee Deforest created the idea for audion tube
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The First Radio Station was started in 1920.
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Personal radio stations called "Uncle Charlies" started in the 1920s. Anyone could run their own radio station.
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In 1922 WEAF aired a 10 minute 'commercial' or toll broadcast, for an aprtment complex charging $50.
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There were too many 'Uncle Charlie' radio stations interfering with the radio commercials so the FRC was established in 1927. The FRC ruled that you had to have a liscence to have a radio transmitter. The FRC later on became the FCC.
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Spreading news was always harder before we had an advanced social media. News broadcasting on the radio helped it spread like wild fire. The first program was broadcasted in 1928.
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The golden era of radion was from the 1930s-1940s.This was when radio was at its finest and everybody listened to the radio. This was during the war and great depression; Listening to the radio gave people a temporary escape of reality.
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People bought radio's and listened to them at home or at any other building. Fortunaltey in the 1930s, radio could now be listened to on the go. In the 1930s antennas were incorporated in cars enabling mobile access to cars.
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Some Presidents such as FDR used radio as an advantage to gain popularity. FDR started a series of radio adresses called fire side chats.fireside chats" were the first media development that gave intimate and direct communication between the president and the citizens of the United States
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As the radio started to fall, Tv's started a rise to fame. There were a few problems which radio shows switching to t.v, The people that spoke the parts of the radio characters wouldn't be able to act out their part on t.v because they weren't what their characters were supposed to look like. e.i: Bart Simpson being played by a woman.
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As the Competition between Radio and t.v. rises, radio takes a toll and starts to suffer. Radio's main focus then switches from shows to music in the 1940s. This change then putting radio back on the charts
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As radio shows started switching to t.v, so did music. In 1956 elvis perforemd on the Milton Berle Show. He starts a new controversy caused by his dancing and new sounding music.
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Jimmy hendrix was one of the major singers of the 70s. Jimmy hendrix Edition of the star spangled banner is broad casted by radio hanoi. This broadcasted in 1971
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After a while a lot of radio shows had switched to t.v, Radion then made a comeback by Broadcasting on the internet. The first Radio Station to broadcast on the internet was WXYC.
