1906 in radio explained

The year 1906 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• 3 October  - The first International Radiotelegraph Convention opens in Berlin.
• 24 December  - Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo and a speech.
• Lee de Forest invents the audion (triode).

Births

• 14 January  - William Bendix, American film, radio and television actor^[1] (died 1964)
• 19 January  - Lanny Ross, American singer, pianist and songwriter^[1] (died 1988)
• 8 February  - Harman Grisewood, English radio actor and administrator (died 1997)
• 20 February  - James Jewell, American radio actor, producer and director (died 1975)
• 24 April  - William Joyce, American-born Nazi propagandist (executed 1946)
• 13 May  - Eileen Fowler, English fitness instructor (died 2000)

Notes and References

1. Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. .