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Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi created the idea of the radio or a wireless telegraph. -
Guglielmo Marconi sent a wireless Morse Code message more than a kilometer away. -
Guglielmo Marconi received the official British patent for the radio, which is actually a wireless telegraph system.
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By 1900 there were 4 competing wireless systems.
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Marconi's resources were sold to General Electric and the Radio Corporation of America (RAC) was formed. This started the radio boom.
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People rushed to buy radios and businesses adapted to this change. -
Universities and churches knew about the radio and started to broadcasting their courses and services on the radio.
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By this time there were 576 licensed radio broadcasters.
