Wikipedia: Radio/History

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*Quickly becomes popular on ships after the Titanic.

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*Commercial (USA) or governmental (Europe) station networks
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*Commercial (United States) or governmental (Europe) station networks
*Birth of the soap opera

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The pre- and early history of radio is the history of its technology. See also the History of Science and Technology. Later, the history is dominated by programming and contents, which is closer to general History.

Radio's prehistory (19th century)

Spark Gap Wireless Telegraphy (1896--1920)

Quickly becomes popular on ships after the Titanic.

Audio Broadcasting (1915--)

Invention of the triode amplifier, generator, and detector enables audio radio
Radio broadcasting is born
Commercial (United States) or governmental (Europe) station networks
Birth of the soap opera
Race towards shorter waves and FM
Frequency modulation (FM)

Television

Nationwide networks
Satellite transmission

Internet Radio (1995--)

Early technology wars: Push or pull, streaming media or multicast
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