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KDKA begn broadcasting.
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KYW opens in Chicago, Illinois
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Radio stations broadcasted popular music, sporting events, lectures, fiction stories (e.g. the "War of the Worlds" broadcast by Orson Welles) and newscasts
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...600 radio stations were built across the United States.
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Russian inventor Vladimir Zworykin invented the iconoscope (television). The First television camera.
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The Federal Radio Commission had been made to regulate the radio. This group would later become what we know now as the Federal Communications Commission in 1934.
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Television was under development during the 1920's and it was a rarity for people to have this.
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the Radio Act was pased by Congress and gave responsibility to the FRC to regulate radio.
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Radio was still used to keep audiences informed and embidied political pressure during the depression.
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Movie theaters had newsreel films which were used for the ownership of a television set was very limited.
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During the 1950's post-war period, almost everyone in the U.S. had a television set.
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The first computer, the UNIVAC 1, was sold commercially and delivered to the U.S. Census Beureu. This caught widespread attention.
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...2/3 of homes in the U.S. owned a television. Movies were quite unpopular due to television.
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Television was used to broadcast Earth turning events such as the JFK v. Nixon debates.
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The Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) Code was invented to make deliveries by mail more quicker, easier and efficient.
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Three reaserchers (Robert Maurer, Donald Keck and Peter Schultz) invented Fiber Optic Wires.
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The Apple I computer was made by Steves Jobs and Wozniak and the Apple Company was born as Apple Computers.
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The Japanese Vector Company released VHS and was not available to the U.S. until August 23rd of 1977.
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The first cellular phone communication network (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph) started in Japan. It launched the world's first generation mobile phone service in Tokyo as a car phone.
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Fax machines and cordless phones dominated the business industry of the 1980's and contributed to the world's economy at this time.
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Cellular phones in cars became large in popularity during the decade as people were able to make phone calls as they drove.
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This was the decade that brought the human race pagers/beepers and the internet.
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Beepers were becoming obsolete and cell phones were improved to be more portable and easier to carry and use.
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Internet became a dominant form of communication and is going through changes even to this day.
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CBS is founded as an independent company by Arthur Judson as a radio station.