The Origin and evolution of the radio

Paolo Del Pielago

The radio back then was basically what phones are to us now in the modern day but, radio has stuck around for the ride since 1895. Now most people who would just google it and be done with it would think that Marconi was the inventor but he wasn't first. Tesla Nikola sound familiar? Yes that's right Tesla had begun the development of the radio tower to transmit waves for the to be radio much like his wireless electric devices but, Tesla unfortunately did not have the funds to complete his project and ultimately failed. Marconi an Italian inventor also began development for the radio but never got his to sell to the navy like he planned to. Eventually Marconi was praised for inventing the radio and Tesla was kicked to the curb. They both tried to patent the radio and they fought about who would get the patent but, they both died with an unclaimed patent. Six months after Tesla's death in 1943, the government had decided to patent the radio on Tesla's name.  The radio was originally planned to be an easier method of communication than the method of sending telegraphic messages. In 1900 a man named Reginald Fessenden a Canadian who called himself American had sent the first transmission  and patented the radio in 1900. Fessenden had sent audio through electric waves and it traveled about 1.6 kilometers. In 1906 Christmas eve, Fessenden had made the very first public radio broadcast for music and entertainment. It was because of this that radio had become as essential and food and water is to a human. In the 1920s, the radio blew up in popularity for people to listen to broadcasts such as the KDKA. Manufacturers were overwhelmed by the lines of people who desired the radio. Radio may just seem as just another form of entertainment but, it was a form communication for war, transatlantic speech and, a beacon of hope during times such as the great depression. Transatlantic communication helped to keep in contact with people such as America and Britain. The radio kept people who were losing their money, homes and spirit during the Great Depression with Franklin D. Roosevelt's powerful speeches and promises to fix America. It was another way to escape the fact that they were in a depression and occupy themselves.  The radio has kept people in contact with the world and spread their message far and wide such as, Winston Churchill's famous speech "we shall fight on the beaches" inspiring Britain to fight and never surrender to Martin Luther King Jrs. famous "I Have a Dream" speech for fighting for civil rights. Nowadays the radio is mainly used as a secondary to things such as the internet and, television. The radio has been influential for over a century to everyone in the world to communicate with everyone despite how it's lost it's initial value from the 1900s. 











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