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Italian invetor sent first radio signal. Contreversialy the first person to send one. People say it was a case of good PR
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Created by Lee De Forest. Vacuum tube that amplified signals. They say that Reginald Fessenden actually came up with the idea.
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KDKA is originaly named 8XK. It was later renamed by Frank Conrad. This radio station is still up till this day.
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Organized the licensing of transmitters. Assigning radio station frequencies, call letters, and power.
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During the middle of the depression. People were hurting for money. Radio in that era provided an escape for people.
