The Radio Act of 1927 created the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) which was later renamed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1934.
KDKA receives the first U.S. radio broadcasting license.
On Christmas Eve, Reginald Fessenden broadcasts the first radio program: some violin playing and passages read from the Bible.
Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconi, sends and receives his first radio signal.
