The year 1904 in radio involved some significant events.
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Events
- 7 January (with effect from 1 February) – The Marconi Company establishes "CQD" as one of the first international maritime radio distress signals.[1]
- 24 May – The United States Patent Office awards Marconi a patent for a "Wireless signaling system".[2]
- 16 November – English electrical engineer John Ambrose Fleming, working for Marconi, is awarded a United States patent for the Fleming valve, the first thermionic vacuum tube, a two-electrode diode, which he calls the oscillation valve.[3]
- First radio transmission of music, at Graz, Austria.[4]
Births
- 5 January – Anona Winn, Australian-born British broadcasting personality (d. 1994)
- 15 January – Charles Hill, British physician, medical and broadcast executive, politician and "The Radio Doctor" (d. 1989)
- 23 February – William L. Shirer, American war correspondent (d. 1993)
- 8 May – John Snagge, English radio newsreader (d. 1996)
- 24 May – Sefton Delmer, German-born British propaganda radio broadcaster (d. 1979)
- 14 August – Lindley Fraser, Scottish-born academic economist and broadcaster (d. 1963)
- 27 October – Les Mitchel, American radio and film producer, director and actor (d. 1975)[5][6]
- 24 November – Pegeen Fitzgerald, American radio talk-show host (both alone and with her husband, Ed) on WOR and WJZ in New York City[7] and Norcatur, Kansas (d. 1989)[8]
References
- ^ "Radio in History". On This Day. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ U.S. patent 760,463.
- ^ U.S. patent 803,684.
- ^ "Radio/Broadcasting Timeline". CBN History. WCBN. Archived from the original on 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2019-10-22.[additional citation(s) needed]
- ^ Armstrong, Alice Catt (1950). Who's Who in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA: Who's Who Historical Society. p. 145. ISSN 0508-6930.
- ^ "Obituaries: Les Mitchel". Variety. January 22, 1975. p. 94. ProQuest 1401273197.
- ^ Flint, Peter B. (January 31, 1989). "Pegeen Fitzgerald, 78, Radio Host Of Family-Style Talk Show, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Pegeen Fitzgerald". Radio Television Mirror. 35 (4): 80. March 1951. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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