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Radio History/Broadcasting

By DaveonT

  • Marconi invents radio

    Marconi invents radio
    In 1895 Marconi invents the radio he may not have been the first but he was the best at PR.

  • Audion Tube

    Audion Tube
    In 1906, Lee De Forest, created (or "borrowed" the idea for) the audion tube, a vacuum tube that amplified signals.

  • Radio Stations

    Radio Stations
    Radio Stations became a thing in 1920 and are still around today

  • Dawn of Advertising

    Dawn of Advertising
    In 1922 WEAF aired a 10 minutes 'commercial' or toll broadcast, for an apartment complex charging $50

  • FRC

    Organized licensing, assigned radios station frequencies,call letters, and power limits

  • Start of Golden Era

    Golden era begins in the middle of the Great Depression