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Using several blueprints, Thomas Edison came up with the idea to record sound and play it back. So, he announces his first phonograph on November 21, 1877.
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Two inventors, Louis Glass and William S. Arnold, used a Edison phonograph with a coin slot to create the first jukebox. This was the first jukebox in history.
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In St. Louis, Nikola Tesla transmitted wireless electromagnetic energy. Which he believed could be used for telecomunications of information.
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In 1895, Marconi was experimenting on how to create radio signals and transmissions. These studies eventually got his radio freuquencys to reach as far as 2.4 kilometers. By that point Marconi believed that with more progress he could make the radio a commercial and militarily success.
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Marconi sent the first transalantic signal to Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland.The distance between both points was 3500 kilometeres. This was considered a great scientific achievement at the tme, and originally a skeptical achievement.
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Inventor Lee De Forest create or "borrowed" the audion tube. An audion tube was used to amplify signals and contributed greatly to radio. But, it is widely considered Reginald Fessenden invented the audion tube did not make it in the history books.
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The first radio transmission was from a Metropolitan Oprea house. Which featured many oprea singers in it.
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When the Titanic crashed into the iceberg, the crew used the raidio to give off a distressed call. This call was helpful because without it a rescue crew would not come for a few weeks. Which contributed to the use of radio on other thins.
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Harold Power and his radio company American Radio and Research Company broadcasted the first continuous radio broadcast. From Tuft university Harold Power performed this under the call sign 1XE. This company later became the first company to broadcast on a regular schedule.
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It was the first in history to broadcast news to the public. Followed by religious broadcasts and sports-to-sports broadcasts. Founded and licensed to a teenager named Michael DeLisle Lyons.
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In1920, 8XK was founded but was later named KDKA. This is considered the world's first radio station. Yet, some dispute that claim and believe otherwise.
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In 1922, WEAF aired the first commercial in history. This comercial was ten minutes long and was for a apartment complex. It was $50 for the radio station to air it
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In 1927, President Hoover signed a bill for the formation of the FRC. Their main job was to organize and license transmitters, and also assign radio station frequencie, call letters, and power limits. This would help shape radio to what it is today.
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From his work Edwin Armstrong presents a paper on Frequency Modulation to the Institute of Radio Engineers. This paper would eventually be published in 1936. Benifiting the patenting of FM radio for Edwin Armstrong.
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In 1962, Phillips created the first Compact Cassette for audio storage. This was due to the pressures Sony was pushing on them to release it. It became more popular then vinyl records and became their replacement for music.
