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A scientist named James Clerk Maxwell thought there might be invisible waves that could travel through the air. This theory would be the start of radios. -
Heinrich Hertz proved Maxwell was right by creating and detecting these invisible waves, now called "radio waves." -
Guglielmo Marconi sent the first wireless message using radio waves. -
Marconi sent the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean. This was from England to Canada. -
Reginald Fessenden used the radio to send a voice and music broadcast on Christmas Eve. People could hear his voice instead of just beeps. -
KDKA is a radio station in Pittsburgh. It broadcasted the results of the United States presidential election. This was the first ever commercial radio station. -
Edwin Armstrong created FM radio. This made sound much clearer than the AM radio. -
The transistor made radios smaller and cheaper, so more people could own them. This made it so that radios could be portable.