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Timeline of Radios

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  • Nikola Tesla wirelessly transmitted electromagnetic energy

    Nikola Tesla wirelessly transmitted electromagnetic energy

    He made the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis in 1893.
  • Marconi filed for protection of his radio

    Marconi filed for protection of his radio

    He established the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company in 1897.
  • First Transatlantic Signal Sent

    First Transatlantic Signal Sent

    First Transatlantic signal sent by Marconi from Ireland to Canada.
  • First speech and music transmitted through a radio

    First speech and music transmitted through a radio

    Reginald Fessenden is the 1st to transmit a program of speech and music.
  • First radio transmission from an airplane.

    First radio transmission from an airplane.

    At a 1910 air meet in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, New York, Culver, and a colonel went up in an airplane and sent a radio signal from a transmitter credited to Horton,
  • Non government used radios are closed

    Non government used radios are closed

    All U.S. radio stations not needed by the government are closed as WWI begins.
  • First on-air advertisement

    First on-air advertisement

    The first on-air advertisement was carried by a New York station.
  • The Federal Radio Commission brings order to chaotic airwaves.

    The Federal Radio Commission brings order to chaotic airwaves.

    The Radio Act of 1927 was signed by President Calvin Coolidge on February 23, 1927.
  • First national network was formed

    First national network was formed

    The first permanent national network, NBC, was formed. CBS followed a year later.
  • Cellular radio telephony was conceived

    Cellular radio telephony was conceived

    Cellular radio telephony, with call handoff and frequency reuse, was conceived at Bell Laboratories.