History of Broadcasting

The history of broadcast media world can be divided into two parts, namely the history of broadcast media as technological discoveries and the history of broadcast media as an industry. The history of broadcast media as a technological invention begins with the discovery of radio by engineering experts in Europe and America. The history of broadcast media as an industry began in America. Therefore, studying the history of broadcast media world, both as an invention or industrial technology is almost the same as studying the history of broadcasting in the United States.
The history of broadcast media world start when German physicist, called Heinrich Hertz in 1887 successfully send and receive radio waves. Hertz effort was then followed by Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) from Italy who successfully transmit morse code signal (the form of dots and dashes) from a transmitter to a receiver. Marconi sent signals that it managed to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1901 by using electromagnetic waves.
Before World War I erupted, Reginald Fessenden with the help from General Electric Company (GE) Corporation in U.S. managed to create a high-speed radio wave generator that can transmit the human voice and music. Radio's role in conveying the message began to be recognized in 1909, when the information transmitted via radio managed to save the entire passenger ship that crashed and sank. Radio is a proven medium in conveying information quickly and accurately so that then everyone will begin to look this media.
Aircraft radio was first invented, has the form of a large and unattractive and difficult to use because it uses electricity from large batteries. In 1926, a radio manufacturing company managed to improve its product quality. Radio is already using the existing electrical power at home so it is more practical, using a two knob to find the signal, the antenna and a better appearance resembles furniture equipment. In 1925 until 1930, as many as 17 million aircraft radio sold to the public and becoming the era of radio to the mass media.
The first radio station came when an engineer named Frank Conrad in Pittsburgh U.S., in 1920 casually as part of the hobby, build a radio transmitter in his garage. Conrad broadcast the songs, announcing the results of sport events and broadcast music instruments played his own son. In a short time, Conrad managed to get a lot of listeners with the increase in sales of aircraft radio at the time. Radio stations in the wake Conrad was later given the name of KDKA and still airs today, making it the oldest radio station in America and possibly the world.