EOTO Radios

History:

Not so commonly used anymore, but the radio was once a wildly popular source of entertainment. Hans Christian Oersted was the first to acknowledge that a magnetic field is created around a wire with a current running through it, making this discovery in 1820. 

Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian, presented the radio in the early 1850s. In 1899, the radio was created with electromagnetic waves and delivered the first radio to the world. The first radio was used to telegraph the results of America's Cup yacht races at sea to a station in New York.

Guglielmo Marconi founded his own commercial wireless company in 1901. The demand for the radio increased rapidly. Lee de Forest, the American inventor of the patented audio signal detector picked up by antennae, allowed radio frequencies to be amplified. 

Reginald Fessenden successfully used electromagnetic waves to transmit a voice message in the 1900s, resulting in the first public radio broadcast on December 24th, 1906.

In 1919, the first commercial radio station was built. Listeners used the radio station to tune in to current news and world events. 

Satellite radio technology developed in the late 1990s, initiating its launch in the early 2000s. The updated radio presented clear audio and utilized digital reception. 

Radio helped to develop people's relationships with sports, entertainment, news, and advertising cultures, especially during the Depression and world wars.

Amusement brought people together through music, dancing, comedy, and sports. Its impact on the music industry allowed people to access an assortment of music. 

Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald rose to fame through their exposure through the radio. 

During wartime, the radio was used to inform citizens about what was happening. Authorities took advantage of the radio to promote propaganda. 

Ultimately, radio initiated the innovation of the internet, television, and many other technological advancements.