1896
2 June, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi applies for first British "wireless" patent
1906
24 December, first radio programme (music, and speech broadcast by professor Reginald fessenden from the US coast and received by ships. The firsi radios were crystal sets, operated by adjusting metal wires known as cats whiskers.
1920
15 June, Marconi broadcast a concert by Opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.
1922
18 October, BBC (British Broadcasting Company) founded 14 November, first BBC- broadcast made-six o'clock need read by Arthur burrows.
1923
26 April, first daily weather forecast by the BBC.
1933
24 AUGUST, first BBC woman announcer, Sheila borrett
1939-45
During world war the BBC provides information and string speechless from Winston Churchill and other wartime leaders.
1951
1 January, launch of the archers, longest running BBC radio serial.
1964
Pirate radio station broadcast from ships to UK, encouraging the BBC to launch a pop music station (radio 1, 30 September 1967).
1970
24 February, national public radio launched in USA
1993
First internet radio broadcast
1995
First experimental DAB (digital audio broadcasting) in UK. Dab gives listeners better quality reception, easy tuning and text information
2002
BBC launches five new DAB channels
2004
Sales of DAB digital radios top 1 million
2005
BBC radio begins to make programmes available as product that can be downloaded to computers, mp3 and DAB players.
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