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The History of Radio & Television

By jacksonchl

  • The 1880's

    The 1880's
    The first intentional transmission of a signal of electromagnetic waves was made in an experiment by David Edward Hughes.

  • The 1890's

    The 1890's
    Guglieolmo Marconi created the first radio station in England.

  • The 1900's

    The 1900's
    A Brazilian priest named Roberto Landell de Moura transmitted a human voice wirelessly, about a half a mile away.

  • The 1910's

    The 1910's
    In June, Marconi opened the world's first purpose-built radio factory in Chelmsford, England.

  • The 1920's

    The 1920's
    The first radio broadcast for news by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.

  • The 1930's

    The 1930's
    The Marconi Research Laboratory was built, providing a place for many improvements and inventions for radio.

  • The 1940's

    The 1940's
    AT&T commercialized the mobile telephone service starting in North America and Europe. It was still very rare and with only 5,000 customers and about 30,000 calls each week.

  • The 1950's

    The 1950's
    The Regency company introduced a pocket transistor radio in 1954 and in 1955 the Sony company introduced its first transistorized radio.

  • The 1960's

    The 1960's
    In 1963, color television was being broadcast commercially and the first radio was launched.

  • The 1970's

    The 1970's
    In 1979, the mobile cell phone was introduced to the Americas.

  • The 1980's

    The 1980's
    The U.S. Navy experimented with satellite navigation, leading to the launch of the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation in 1987.

  • The 1990's

    The 1990's
    Amateur radio experimenters began to use personal computers with audio cards to process radio signals.

  • The 2000's

    The 2000's
    In 2003, revenue from online streaming music radio was $49 million. By 2006, that figure rose to US$500 million.