Radio Beginnings

World War I

All governmental radio operations were shut down following the U.S. entry into WWI, but the government continued to make strides in broadcast technology.
By 1904 – the Navy had operated 20 wireless stations, closely following the work of Marconi.
Government passed a law in 1912 where the Dept. of Commerce would issue licenses to private broadcasters and assign them wavelengths that did not conflict with government wavelenghts.
1915 – American Telephone & Telegraph Co. used a Navy station in Arlington, VA to send signals across the Atlantic, which were picked up in Honololu.