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Transmission
1990
Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
1989
Augusto Alcalde, 1st S Amer Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1988
John Tarrant, 1st Aust born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1988
WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 and WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (New York City radio)
1986
KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission
1985
KHQ-AM in Spokane Washington's final transmission
1984
England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
1980
1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
1968
Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
1966
Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1964
Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
1963
1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
1963
1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)
1962
1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
1958
Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
1955
1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
1953
WJZ-AM in New York City becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
1950
Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission
1950
1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
1948
Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington D.C.)
1945
Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
1943
Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission
1942
Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission
1940
FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
1939
Radio New York Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission
1934
Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1933
Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
1926
1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic
1925
1st transmission of Danish state radio
1925
WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1924
1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands
1924
1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
1923
Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
1911
New York receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy
1891
Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
1875
Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission
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