Beginning of Radio:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guglielmo-Marconi
https://www.edn.com/tesla-gives-1st-public-demonstration-of-radio-march-1-1893
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/guglielmo-marconi
While the overall belief on who invented the first radio is a tad confusing several men made key contributions towards the development of the radio today. Before the radio was invented people had no ability to communicate with one another beyond talking to someone in person. The radio also provided the ability to hear the news while it was happening live rather than hearing about an event weeks later. The first step towards the invention of the radio was done by Henrich Hertz a German physicist who discovered you could transmit and receive electric waves wirelessly. While Hertz did not invent the actual radio his contribution helped pave the way for future ideas. This can be seen most prominently from Nikola Tesla's beginning to transmit electromagnetic energy in 1892. The following year Tesla made his first public demonstration of radio in St Louis. A few days before Tesla publicly demonstrated the effects of the radio in public he made a speech in February of 1893. Tesla's speech known as "On light and Other High-frequency phonemon" showed radio signals sent through space to receivers. In 1894 an Italian inventor/ engineer Guglieno Marconi was astonished by the concept of transmitting electric waves. Building upon the ideas first demonstrated by Hertz and developed from Tesla Guglieno Marconi was determined to take this one step further. Marconi was determined to take this further by attempting trans-Atlantic communication. A year later Marconi was able to accomplish this by setting up a wireless station off of the island of Wright which allowed Queen Victoria to send messages to Prince Edward on the Royal yacht. Marconi's greatest work was demonstrated on an event he was not involved in. On April 14th, 1912 Marconi's radio operator hooked up to the Titanic ship was able to summon a nearby ship RMS Capatharia to pick up 700 survivors from the wreck. Each of these man's legacies has played a profound role in how the radio affected the following decades.
Development/usage of Radio:
https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-and-education-magazines/radio-1929-1941
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/1920s-radio-music-america/
https://historicgeneva.org/recreation/radio-in-the-1920s/
As radio began to develop so did its usage and its popularity around the world. This rise of popularity existed from the 1920s to-1950s and was known as the golden peak of the existence of the radio. Uniquely the popularity of radio played a different effect on each decade. During the early days of the existence of the radio, it was primarily used for communication overseas. This changed in the 1920s when our economy was experiencing an economic boom. The public world began buying Radio during this time because it was the cheapest form of public entertainment. While providing entertainment the radio also provided another way to use advertisement to promote excelling business industries such as the automobile industry. Along with affecting the advertisement industry radio also affected the music industry in the 1920s. In the 1920s music presented a wide variety of options for viewers such as Jazz, blues, dance band, and ragtime. The radio's ability to introduce these different kinds of music allowed African Americans to express part of their culture with the hopes they could become better respected throughout the community. The radio presented the only way for people to listen to this music on a leisurely basis. Radio station shows also expressed mixed representation of African Americans such as Amos and Andy which was performed by white men imitating African Americans. On the other hand, the show called All Negro hour performed by Chicago's CSNBC helped present a better representation for African Americans. After the 1920s our economy was expressing an economic recession in the 1930s. This recession led to more leisure time with less money to spend. During this turbulent time period for Americans, radio served as both a way to escape reality along with the ability to keep up with events such as the dust bowl. President FDR noticed the popularity of radio and used it to promote himself through a series known as Fireside chats. Fireside chats would attempt to gain public support for his programs along with providing up-to-date news on events. In the 1940s our nation was dealing with WW2 against Germany and Japan. The radio played 2 separate roles among the citizens and fighters during the war. For the men fighting during WW2, the radio gave them the ability to communicate with one another wherever they were. For everyday citizens, the radio provided an opportunity for them to hear live updates on events going on in the war such as the bombing of Pearl harbor or when Hitler invaded Poland. Radio's profound effect on these decades signifies the role it has played towards our world being the way it is today.
Effects of radio today:
https://psc.apcointl.org/2011/09/21/radio-plays-an-important-role-in-our-lives/
` https://www.carrchevrolet.com/service/information/reasons-the-radio-in-vehicle-just-quit-beaverton-or.htm
While modern-day technology is far more advanced than what was provided to us in the early 1900s when the radio was invented it still has a big use for us today. Uniquely despite all of the developments in modern-day technology the usage of radio has not died out but rather has changed. With the invention of TVs, Iphones, and developments in the car industries the usage of the radio has become more portable. Unlike 50-60 years ago today you can listen to the radio when you are on your phone, watching the TV, or driving your car. The development of the radio has also prompted many of the inventions of many of these industries. A large aspect of the invention of the iPhone was the ability to communicate with someone while enabling features such as apps. Almost 100 years later we still enjoy many of the same features on the radio as we do on our iPhones or on the TV such as calling, listening to music, broadcasts, and podcasts. The development of radio made it possible for these ideas to become incorporated into modern-day technology such as TVs, Iphones, or IPads. The invention of the many features of the radio prompted other sources of technology to become invented such as TV's iPhones and computers. While modern-day technology has provided us alternate ways to gather information rather than the radio we still see the radio play a preeminent role in our society today. One way we can see it is through many of the careers people have landed involving radio stations. Many mainstream TV channels such as ESPN, Fox News, CNN provide radio stations as part of their viewership platform. Additionally, many people have jobs that are only involved in them being an anchor for the radio station. Radio stations also act upon as a means of communication for local events such as business, sports games, business advertising, and news. Regarding more modern-day examples radio stations provide a way to report from the local hospitals, interview the nurses or doctors while speaking about the updated Covid 19 cases. When we encounter disasters much of our ability to act upon the disaster stems from our ability to report the matter at hand. Radio signals provide immediate communication between the person at the site and the people who are hearing the news at hand. The adaptations the radio has endured throughout its 120-year existence speak to the importance it played in our society from the early 1900s to today.
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