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Made the first radiophonic broadcast in Brazil, but the first radio officially acknowledged was Rádio Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (actually, Rádio MEC). Also, it is one of the oldest stations in the world. [List entry too long] First Australian experiment in the broadcast of music: n/a AWA; Ernest Fisk; Sydney: 8 August 1919 AM [11]
The station first signed on, as KFDM, on October 1, 1924. It was the first radio station in Southeast Texas. In the 1930s, it was owned by the Sabine Broadcasting Company with studios in the million-dollar Hotel Beaumont. [4] It transmitted with 1,000 watts by day and 500 watts at night.
Two years later, the station moved to new downtown studios and offices located at 914 Avenue J. [4] Also in 1934, KFYO aired the first-ever radio broadcast of a Texas Tech football game. It then began broadcasting games regularly in 1935, holding the rights continuously through the 1993 season.
The station's reporting on corruption in Gregg County, led by Glen Ivey, earned it a 1979 award from the Texas State Network [18] and other honors from the Texas Association of Broadcasters and United Press International. [19] After more than 20 years, H.A. Bridge announced the sale of KLUE to McLarty Communications of Little Rock, Arkansas in ...
Many inventions improved the quality of radio, and amateurs experimented with uses of radio, thus planting the first seeds of broadcasting. Telefunken The company Telefunken was founded on May 27, 1903, as "Telefunken society for wireless telefon" of Siemens & Halske (S & H) and the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft ( General Electricity ...
The next year the company used the same concept to begin establishing the first radio network. [107] The WEAF and WJZ chains. At the same time in early 1922 that it announced the beginning of advertisement-supported broadcasting, AT&T also introduced its plans for the development of the first radio network. [104]
Milestones in radio: the first half century (1895–1945). The UNESCO courier (February 1997), p. 16–21; Radio Review/Radio Listeners Guide (1925–1929), Broadcasting Yearbook (1935–2010), World Radio TV Handbook (1947–) Berg, Jerome S. The early shortwave stations: a broadcasting history through 1945 (2013) radioheritage.net
FM uses frequency modulation of the radio wave to minimize static and interference from electrical equipment and the atmosphere, in the audio program. 1937: W1XOJ, the first experimental FM radio station after Armstrong's W2XMN, was granted a construction permit by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).