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Marconi claims the radio
An italian inventor claims to have been the first to send out and recive a radio signal. Some people think it could have been someone else but since he had a good relationship with the public they belived what he said. -
invention of audion tube
lee de forest invented or claimed to invent the audion tube witch is basiclly an amplifier. it helps sends the signal out to make the radio waves sound better, and transmitts the signals farther -
radio & the titanic
if there was no radio available on the titanic there would have been no survivors at all because no one would have knwn that it sank and it probably would have been weeks before anyone would have boated past it and seen the wreckage -
first radio station
in 1920 frank conrad invented the first radio station and named it 8XK but did later rename it KDKA. this radio station was invented nearly 100 years ago in pittsburgh, pennsylvania and is still airing to this day -
advertisments begin
in 1922 WEAF aired a 10 minute advertisment (Ad) for a local apartment complex for $50. now advertisments pay way more for way much of a littler time. even though evryone hates these advertisments actually are a huge profit for radio stations and keep tham going -
FRC
the FRC basically made it harder for you to get on the radio. since advertisments were getting inturuptted by uncle charlies. so the companies came together to form the frc. and the organized the licensing of transmitters and assigned radio frequincies -
the golden era
the golden era was betwween the 1930's and 1940's, this was back when everyone listened to the radio. it was because the radio provided the escape from the hard times going on in this time in history -
the famous shows
this was a time before tv and they could only listen to what the dialouge of the actors. some people considered this better because they could design in there own head what the characters looked like, but once the tv came along some of the shows didnt survive because of the people doing the voices looked diffrent then what the people pictures -
fm was invented
in 1933 edward armstrong invented fm waves that produced a stronger clearer signal. most of the talk shows went to AM and msic ame to fm. -
radios demise
in the late 130 the radio's popularity started to go down all because of the tv. people where happy because they could actually see their favorite charcters instead of just listen to them. and al the advertisment companies went to tv so they could actually show there product -
music saves radio
in the late 1930's their where very limited amount of options to listen to music, you either had to go to a restraunt to listen to a jukebox, buy records, or go to a live concert so this was a much more convenient way t listen to music -
cd comes to the picture
a cd or (compact disc) came in to the picture in 1982 and it did changed the game becasue you could jus go buy you favorite artists latest album and easily skip songs with a press of a button. -
radio vs. everything
in todays day and age the radio has new competetion such as pandora, spotify, of music downloads. n those pesonal radios you can pick and choose your own songs, you dont have to listen to a long commercial breaks which has made those popuar
