History of Radio

History of Radio

1890 – The birth of radio

1892 – Scientist Nikola Tesla experimented with radio energy for communication

1895 – Guglielmo Marconi built a wireless system to transmit signals over long distances

1890 – The US Army established a wireless communication system

1901 – Guglielmo Marconi conducted the first successful transatlantic radio communications

1901 – A radiotelegraph service was set up between five of the Hawaiian Islands

1906 – Reginald Fessenden made the first radio broadcast with audio

 

1920 – The first radio station, KDKA in Pennsylvania, was created

1927 – The Radio Act of 1927 required radio stations to operate in the publics best interest

1930 – The Galvin Corporation introduced the first commercial car radios

1933 – Edwin Armstrong created FM Radio

1933 – FDR used radio to broadcast Fireside chats to America during WWII

1938 – CBS broadcast of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds led to nationwide hysteria

 

1954 – Regency created the pocket transistor radio

1963 – The first radio communication satellite Telstar, was launched into space

1990 – The birth of internet radio

 

 2002 – Tuneln begins bringing radio to the world