Radio broadcasting has been used in the United States since the early 1920s to distribute news and entertainment to a national audience. In 1923, one percent of U.S. households owned at least one radi
In 1902 Nathan Stubblefield demonstrated "ground-conduction" wireless but was unable to achieve practical distances.
The New Jersey Telephone Herald provided news and entertainment to Newark, New Jersey over telephone lines from 1911 to 1912.
Alternator transmitter demonstrated by Reginald Fessenden at Brant Rock, Massachusetts in December 1906. He later reported that he subsequently made general broadcasts on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Lee de Forest made a series of broadcasting demonstrations from 1907 to 1910. On February 24, 1910, Mariette Mazarin sang from his New York City laboratory.
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, Wi-Fi, satellite, and cable a
Radio in the United States
…audio services in general, including subscription satellite, and cable and Internet radio. Radio communication in the United States is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Under its oversight a variety of broadcasting services have been developed, including: AM band: When radio broadcasting first became popular in…
Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Former Federal Communications Commission Office in Washington, D.C.
Federal Communications Commission seen in Washington, D.C., in 1937. Seated (l-r) Eugene Octave Sykes, Frank R. McNinch, Chairman Paul Atlee Walker, Standing (l-r) T.A.M. Craven, Thad H. Brown, Norman S. Case, and George Henry Payne.
FCC commissioners inspect the latest in television, December 1, 1939.