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1935 - Samuel Morse invented Morse code for telegraphs
1867 - James Maxwell developed his theories of electro-
             magnetic radiation
1885 - Marconi develops first wireless telegraph system
1887 - Heimrich Hertz demonstrates existence of radio
             waves
1901 - Marconi sends a radio signal from Cornwall,
            England to Newfoundland, 2800km
1903 - The Eiffel tower used as a wireless station
1909 - Marconi wins the Nobel prize for Physics
1914 - Marconi transmits speech nearly 50 miles
1919 - NDKA in Pitsburg in licensed as the first
             broadcast system
1922 - Marie Zimmerman becomes the first woman to
             own and operate a radio station, it was WIAE in
             Iowa
1925 - C. Francis Jenkin wrote an article about the next
             big thing predicted to hit the world after radio, a
             thing called "television". Television was regarded
             as "home radio movies" as that was the only
             comparsion people could make to television at
             that time
1927 - The FRC was created due tot he radio act of 1927
             to deal with the 732 station on the air at the time
1934 - Radio became an everyday occurrence in homes
             across North America
         -   The FCC was created to the Communications Act
             of 1934
1949 - RCA makes 45rpm, 7-inch disc
1955 - Portable radios are sold to public
         - Stereo tape recorders are sold to home market
1958 - First stereo LPs released
1961 - The FCC authorized regular FM stations, the first
             two of these WEFM and WGFM
1980 - Sony introduces the walkman
1983 - Sony and Philips introduce the CD player