Radio Time-Line

  • 1880s

    1880s

    Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was able to provide airborne electromagnetic waves in an experiment confirming Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism.
  • 1890's

    1890's

    In 1890, Marcani was awarded British patent and in 1897 He established a radio station.
  • 1900s

    1900s

    Roberto Landell de Moura transmitted the human voice wirelessly, and could talk a half mile away.
  • 1910's

    1910's

    Marconi opened the world's first purpose built radio factory in Chelmford,England.
  • 1920s

    1920s

    The first radio news program was broadcast August 31st, 1920 by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
  • 1930s

    1930s

    In the early 1930s, single sideband and frequency were invented by amateur radio operators.
  • 1940s

    1940s

    Commercial television transmissions started in North America and Europe.
  • 1950s

    1950s

    1955, the newly formed Sony company introduced its first transistorized radio.
  • 1960s

    1960s

    1963 the color television was being broadcast.
  • 1970s

    1970s

    LORAN became the premier radio navigation system in the 1970s.
  • 1980s

    1980s

    In 1987 culminating the launch GPS, the U,S, Navy experimented it with satellite
  • 1990s

    1990s

    In November, WXYC became the first traditional radio station to announce broadcasting on the Internet
  • 2000

    2000

    Many U.S. radio participated in "Day of Silence"