Radio timeline

By ajajallen1979

  • The beginning of the modern radio

    in the 1920s after wwI radios gained popularity and technology improved

  • at this point there were 576 licensed radio broadcasters

  • First sporting event broadcasted

    The Dempsey - Carpenter fight was broadcast

  • shuffle along played live

    this is one of the first examples of African american musical on the radio

  • the grand ole opre

    first aired in 1922 until 1941 when it was picked up by NBC

  • NBC was created

    NBC was created by RCA red and blue networks

  • national barn dance

    broadcast between April 1924 until April 1960

  • CBS was founded

  • First airing of Sherlock Holmes

  • Edwin H. Armstrong

    Edwin created FM radio to reduce static and interference

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt

    President Roosevelt addressed the nation in the first of many evening fireside chats

  • war of the worlds first aired

    War of the worlds aired causing mass panic and confusion