1910 in radio

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The year 1910 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

13 January – Birth of public radio broadcasting: The first public radio broadcast, live performances of arias from the operas Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni) and Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) featuring the tenor Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera House (39th St) in New York City, is broadcast by Lee de Forest.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Wireless Ship Act of 1910 passed by the United States Congress, requiring all ships of the United States traveling over two-hundred miles off the coast and carrying over fifty passengers to be equipped with wireless radio equipment with a range of one hundred miles.^[12]

Births

17 June – Sam Costa, crooner, voice actor and disc jockey (d. 1981)

References

↑ Chase's 2000 Calendar of Events. NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group. 2000. p. 84. ISBN 0-8092-2776-2. Radio Broadcasting: 90th Anniversary. Jan 13, 1910. Radio pioneer and electron tube inventor Lee De Forest arranged the world's first radio broadcast to the public at New York, New York. He succeeded in broadcasting the voice of Enrico Caruso along with other stars of the Metropolitan Opera to several receiving locations in the city where listeners with earphones marveled at wireless music from the air. Though only a few were equipped to listen, it was the first broadcast to reach the public and the beginning of a new era in which wireless radio communication became almost universal.
↑ "Lee De Forest history". Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Lee De Forest (1873-1961)". Television International. Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Today in History, Jan 13". Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ King, Susan (1996-01-07). "L.A. Times Archives". Retrieved 2011-05-02.
↑ "Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci". Concert Opera Boston. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ Fantel, Hans (1990-01-14). "Sound; Out of De Forest and onto the air came music". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Amusements (listings)". The New York Tribune. 13 January 1910. p. 14. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
↑ "Adventures in Cybersound". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ Whiteley, Sandy (2002-10-14). On This Date: A Day-by-Day Listing of Holidays, Birthdays, and Historic. p. 13. ISBN 9780071398275. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "People and Discoveries". Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ Slotten, Hugh Richard (2000). Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States 1920–1960. JHU Press. pp. 6&ndash, 8. ISBN 0-8018-6450-X.

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[1] Chase's 2000 Calendar of Events. NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group. 2000. p. 84. ISBN 0-8092-2776-2. Radio Broadcasting: 90th Anniversary. Jan 13, 1910. Radio pioneer and electron tube inventor Lee De Forest arranged the world's first radio broadcast to the public at New York, New York. He succeeded in broadcasting the voice of Enrico Caruso along with other stars of the Metropolitan Opera to several receiving locations in the city where listeners with earphones marveled at wireless music from the air. Though only a few were equipped to listen, it was the first broadcast to reach the public and the beginning of a new era in which wireless radio communication became almost universal.

[2] "Lee De Forest history". Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[3] "Lee De Forest (1873-1961)". Television International. Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[4] "Today in History, Jan 13". Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[5] King, Susan (1996-01-07). "L.A. Times Archives". Retrieved 2011-05-02.

[6] "Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci". Concert Opera Boston. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[7] Fantel, Hans (1990-01-14). "Sound; Out of De Forest and onto the air came music". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[8] "Amusements (listings)". The New York Tribune. 13 January 1910. p. 14. Retrieved 2011-05-01.

[9] "Adventures in Cybersound". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[10] Whiteley, Sandy (2002-10-14). On This Date: A Day-by-Day Listing of Holidays, Birthdays, and Historic. p. 13. ISBN 9780071398275. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[11] "People and Discoveries". Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[12] Slotten, Hugh Richard (2000). Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States 1920–1960. JHU Press. pp. 6&ndash, 8. ISBN 0-8018-6450-X.