Which came first, the radio or the radio station?

Question

Without each other, they are worthless....

Answer 1

The radio. Radio stations, as we think of them, came after the receiver and transmitting devices were, more or less, perfected. It's quite a story with intrigue, back-stabbing and heart break. You should check out the history of radio at:

www.wikipedia.com

Here's part of the story:

Radio evolved as part theory, part discovery and part invention.

Marconi did not discover radio. The hypothesis and discovery of the possibility that radio could exist was made by James Maxwell who set forth the theory of magnetic waves. Then Heinrich Hertz created these waves in a laboratory setting.

Once the existence of the waves became known, several men fought for years over patents to various types of transmitters, receivers and their associated components for these waves. Included were Marconi, Edison, Tesla and many others.

It finally came down to Tesla and Marconi, with Marconi winning a Nobel Prize and being awarded the majority of the patents. Tesla fought it and eventually the case was won by his estate tragically just months after his death in the early 1940s. By then radio was a well-established medium.

It was quite the controversy back in the day

-a guy named duh

Answer 2

i think the idea of radio station depend on wireless connection was developed first (markony invinte the wireless principle)

Answer 3

radio stations i beleive were first-communication was im portant in world war 1--they used air waves to communicate-if im wrong---sorry

Answer 4

true...without each other they ARE worthless...bt i dunno mayb the radio came first...or mayb itz a circle which has no beginning or ends! =D