• The year 1908 in radio involved some significant events. 12 January – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. 13...
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  • 1908 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1908. 1908 (MCMVIII)...
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    Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz...
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    Karl Swenson (category 1908 births)
    Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Early in his career, he was credited as Peter...
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  • The year 1908 in film involved some significant events. July 3 - Malhabour Theater, the first film house in Iloilo City was opened to the public. July...
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    Neil Reagan (category 1908 births)
    John Neil Reagan (September 16, 1908 – December 11, 1996) was an American radio station manager, CBS senior producer, and senior vice president of McCann...
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    Roberto (2018). Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Observatory. Springer. p. 5. ISBN 9783319234342. Fleming (1908) p. 520 Collins, A. Frederick...
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    The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London...
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    Modern Electrics (category 1908 establishments in the United States)
    amateur radio experimenter. The magazine existed between 1908 and 1914. Modern Electrics was created by Hugo Gernsback and began publication in April 1908. The...
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    (AM) radiotelephony allowed sound (audio) to be transmitted by radio. Beginning about 1908, powerful transoceanic radiotelegraphy stations transmitted commercial...
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  • Franklin Engelmann (category 1908 births)
    Henry Franklin Engelmann (4 March 1908 – 2 March 1972) was a radio personality popular in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly as the host of Down...
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  • This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1908. 1908 in Norwegian music 1908 in jazz January 26 – Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony...
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    Paul Stewart (actor) (category 1908 births)
    Sternberg; March 13, 1908 – February 17, 1986) was an American character actor, director and producer who worked in theatre, radio, films and television...
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  • inventions in what became radio. Radio development began as "wireless telegraphy". Later radio history increasingly involves matters of broadcasting. In an 1864...
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    McCormick (February 8, 1908 – July 30, 1962) was an American actor of stage, radio and film. Born in Albany, Indiana, in 1908, Walter Myron McCormick...
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  • The year 1908 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. March – A 40,000-year-old Neanderthal boy skeleton is found at...
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    Founded in 1908 as "Macedonikos Gymnasticos Syllogos" (Macedonian Gymnastics Club), they are one of the oldest in Greek football and the oldest in Thessaloniki...
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  • transmission of ARRL Radiograms in the National Traffic System. R and S brevity codes, published by the British Post Office in 1908 for coastal wireless stations...
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    radio broadcasts for the general public, or to have even given additional thought about the potential of a regular broadcast service, and in a 1908 article...
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    Linda Watkins (category 1908 births)
    Linda Mathews Watkins (May 23, 1908 – October 31, 1976) was an American stage, radio, film, and television actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, as Linda...
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  • Charles Jennings (journalist) (category 1908 births)
    Jennings (January 2, 1908 – July 13, 1973) was a Canadian journalist for the CBC and the father of ABC news anchor Peter Jennings. Born in Toronto, Ontario...
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  • The Detroit Tigers Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 49 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Detroit Tigers...
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    Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and...
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    In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves...
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    Edwards (August 4, 1908 – June 23, 1967) was an American writer and broadcaster, and one of the pioneers in radio. He hosted a radio show broadcast across...
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    In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio pulse of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond, for an ultra-fast radio burst...
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    The 1908 New York to Paris Race was an automobile competition consisting of drivers attempting to travel from New York to Paris. This was a considerable...
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    Navy Department (1908). Boat-Book: United States Navy, 1908. Naval Institute. Hogan, John L. Jr. (November 1917). "Wireless Work in Wartime". Popular...
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  • Alan Keith (category 1908 births)
    1908 – 17 March 2003) was a British actor, disc jockey and radio presenter, noted for being the longest-serving and eldest presenter on British radio...
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    Diamonds Band for Zonophone records in 1908.[citation needed] The first vocal version was recorded in 1932 on BBC Radio by Henry Hall with his BBC Orchestra...
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