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1880's
In 1888, Heinrich Hertz proved the physical existance of radio waves that James Clerk Maxwell had previously proven mathmatically in 1871. -
1890's
In 1894, Guglielmo Marconi created the very first successful wireless telagraph using Hertzien waves. -
1900's
In 1900, Roberto Landell de Moura broadcasted the first human voice to be heard wirelessly over radio for around a 1/2 mile. He later got it patented by the Brazillian Governement. -
1910's
In 1912, the Tatinic sank in the Atlantic Ocean, but after this, telegraph systems became normalized on large ships, and it became easier to send radio signals a longer distance. -
1920's
The very first radio news program was broadcasted on station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan. Then what was believed to be the first public broadcast for entertainment was aired at 2ADD. -
1930's
In the early 30's, simple commercials were aired on radio, and later in the years, full commercial modes were coded and used in everyday radio. -
1940's
In 1947, AT&T made a commercial for it's first Mobile Telephone Service. It was rare, only having 5,000 customers placing around 30,000 calls each week. -
1950's
In 1955, Sony (A newly formed electronics company) released its first transition radio. It was small, powered by an equally small battery. -
1960's
The first radio communication satelite was launched. (Telstar). The U.S. long- distance telephone began to turn into a digital network, using digital radios. -
1970's
The "Advanced Mobile Phone System" was introduced in 1978 by Bell Labs, and it gave much more possibilies to cell phone technology, and would later be the primary mobile phone system through the 1980's and into the 2000's. -
1980's
In 1987, the GPS (Global Positioning System) satillite was launched. -
1990's
A Rolling Stons concert in 1994 was the "first major cyberspace multicast concert." and even got a quote from Mick Jagger, saying "I want to say a special welcome to everyone that's, uh, climbed into the Internet tonight and, uh, has got into the M-bone. And I hope it doesn't all collapse." -
2000's
On September 30th, 2008, the U.S. Congress passed a law that would create royalty rates on songs for record labels and web casters.
