Fessenden Perfects Radio by Transmitting Music and Voice
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Scientists, Inventors, Television, Radio, Broadcasting, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Italian History, 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: December 24, 1906
Article abstract: Fessenden revolutionized radio broadcasting by transmitting music and voice for the first time.
Summary of Event
The first major experimenter in the United States to work with wireless radio was Reginald Aubrey Fessenden. This transplanted Canadian was a skilled, self-made scientist, but unlike Thomas Alva Edison, he lacked the business acumen to gain full credit and wealth due such path-breaking work. Guglielmo Marconi is most often remembered as the person who invented wireless (as opposed to telegraphic) radio. There is a fallacy in...
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