Old radio

Radio Timeline

By maxweeldreyer
  • The Radio Patent

    The Radio Patent

    The first official patent for the radio was made for Guglielmo Marconi
  • First signal

    First signal

    Marconi sent the first trans-Atlantic signal from Ireland to Canada.
  • Early improvements

    Early improvements

    Reginald Fessenden worked with General Electric to create alternators that could sustain a consistent broadcast wave with enough power to transmit voices and music over thousands of miles.

  • The start of radio broadcasting

    Guglielmo Marconi sold his equipment to General Electric who created the Radio Corporation of America.
  • Period: to

    The Radio is Everywhere

    Universities started to offer radio-based courses, churches started broadcasting their services, and newspapers started creating tie-ins with the radio broadcast.

  • A lot of broadcasters

    There were 576 licensed radio broadcasters.
  • Period: to

    Rising Stock

    The stock price went from $85 to $500.

  • Everyone Has One

    About 80% of America's population owned a radio.