History of radio - Wikipedia
The Dutch company Nederlandsche Radio-Industrie and its owner-engineer, Hanso Idzerda, made its first regular entertainment radio broadcast over station PCGG from its workshop in …
The Radio Historian
Without a doubt, broadcasting in 1920 bore no resemblance to the polished, widespread communication medium we know so well today -- it was chiefly a crude outgrowth of amateur …
Reginald Fessenden and the First Radio Broadcast - ThoughtCo
Jan 5, 2020 · Reginald Fessenden was an electrician, chemist, and employee of Thomas Edison who is responsible for transmitting the first voice message over the radio in 1900 and the first …
History of Commercial Radio - Federal Communications Commission
November 2, 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of what is widely recognized as the first commercial radio broadcast when Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in …
Radio Broadcast Milestones: Key Firsts in Radio History
Nov 6, 2024 · First Radio Program Broadcast On December 24, 1906, Professor Reginald Aubrey Fessenden made history with the first radio program broadcast from Brant Rock, Massachusetts.
Reginald Fessenden Makes the First Radio Broadcast: A Turning …
A pioneering moment in communication history occurred on December 24th, 1906, when Reginald Fessenden made the first known radio broadcast, transmitting a program that included music …
A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: KDKA begins to broadcast - PBS
In August 1922, the first radio ad, for a real estate developer, was aired in New York City. Networks of local stations developed to share programming and became big business.
Fessenden Pioneers Radio Broadcasting | Research Starters - EBSCO
His groundbreaking experiments began in the early 1900s, and he achieved a significant milestone on December 24, 1906, when he conducted what is often considered the first radio …
Radio | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
Sep 8, 2025 · Radio, sound communication by radio waves, usually through the transmission of music, news, and other types of programs from single broadcast stations to multitudes of …
‘A Little Bit of Everything’: Preserving the Earliest Known Radio Broadcast
May 27, 2025 · It all began with KDKA in Pittsburgh, which became the first licensed commercial radio station in 1920, airing the results of the U.S. presidential election. This moment ushered …