The Radio By jimbobjoe 1886 James Clerk Maxwell predicted the existence of radio waves. 1895 The first radio signal has been received by Guglielmo Marconi. 1899 Marconi flashed the first wireless signal across the English Channel and two years later received the letter "S". 1903 Guglielmo Marconi got the radio patented. 1910 Marconi established the American-European radiotelegraph service. 1911 Marconi won the Nobel Prize for the radio. 1927 Radiotelephony services were linking Europe and North America. 1933 Edwin Howard Armstong created the frequency modulated FM radio 1965 The first FM antenna system in the world was created.