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History of Radio and Television

  • The First International Transmission of a Signal

    The First International Transmission of a Signal
    Around 1880, David Edward Hughes performed an experiment concluding in the first international transmission of a signal by electromagnetic waves.
  • The First Radio Station

    The First Radio Station
    In August of 1897, Marconi was able to establish the first radio station in England.
  • The Transmission of the Human Voice

    The Transmission of the Human Voice
    Brazilian priest, Roberto Landell de Moura, transmitted the human voice half a mile for the first time, in 1900.
  • The Radio Station

    The Radio Station
    Remember Macroni? Well about 15 years later, he built the first Purpose- built radio station.
  • News Broadcasts!

    News Broadcasts!
    On August 31, 1920, the first news radio program was broadcasted by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan. Station 8MK still stands today, now known as, WWJ, owned by CBS.
  • Amateurs!

    Amateurs!
    In the 1930's, Single Sideband, the refinement of amplitude modulation, and frequency modulation was invented by amateur radio operators.
  • TV Killed Radio

    TV Killed Radio
    Commercial Television Transmissions started in North America and Europe.
  • AT&T

    AT&T
    In 1947, AT&T commercialized the Mobile Telephone Service.
  • The First Transistor Radio

    The First Transistor Radio
    In 1954, Regency introduced the first transistor radio , The TR-1.
  • Color Television

    Color Television
    By 1963, Color TV was being broadcasted commercially.
  • The LORAN

    The LORAN
    In the '70's,Long Distance Navigation (LORAN) became the premier radio navigation system.
  • "Video Killed the Music Star" -The Buggles

    "Video Killed the Music Star" -The Buggles
    On August 1, 1981, Music Television or MTV was launched, showing music videos.
  • The Global Positioning System!

     The Global Positioning System!
    The U.S. Navy experimented with Satellite Navigation, resulting in the launch of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in 1987.
  • Portable Music?

    Portable Music?
    Saehan Information Systems launched the first ever mp3 player in Asia, affecting the radio industry in Asia.
  • Online Videos and Music?

    Online Videos and Music?
    On February 14, 2005, both Radio and TV took a hit because an online free video watching service came along known as Youtube.