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More than 200 years of Electronic, Communication, Technology & Audio Milestones.....                      =More info

1999 - Super Audio CD (SACD) and format rival DVD-Audio are launched.

1997 - MP3 audio compression format gains popularity.

1997 - DAB Radio is launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin.

1995 - The digital video DVD format agreed.

1992 - Sony MiniDisc (MD) and Philips DCC are launched.

1992 - Microsoft Windows 3.1 released, it sells one million copies in the first 2 months.

1991 - The first public use of the Internet (WWW) World-Wide-Web.

1982 - The Digital Compact Disc (CD) is launched (Sony & Philips).

1982 - The Commadore 64 is introduced, it becomes the fastest selling computer of all time.

1979 - Sony introduce the 'Walkman' portable cassette tape player.

1978 - LaserVision Philip 30cm video disc - The start of laser disc home technology.

1975 - The Sinclair LCD "Black Watch" launched in the UK, the kit cost £17.95 +Vat

1971 - The microprocessor CPU (with arithmetic, logic and control circuits).

1969 - Dolby-B noise reduction introduced - Reducing hiss on the popular Cassette tape.

1969 - First voice & TV communication from the Moon (Neil Armstrong - Apollo11).

1967 - Colour TV arrives in the UK - BBC2 starts regular broadcasts (PAL 625 Lines)

1965 - The "8-track" tape cartridge is launched (Popular through the 70s).

1964 - Pirate Radio - Radio Caroline broadcasts pop music to the Uk (MW).

1964 - Philips introduce the Compact Cassette Tape.

1962 - Beatles release 'Love me do' in October (mono).

1960 - Last 78 rpm record issued by EMI in the UK.

1958 - Silicon chip invented - Texas Instruments / Jack Kilby.

1958 - First stereo LP records released.

1957 - First radio signals from space (Soviet Union Sputnik 1 satellite).

1956 - Stereo tape recordings.

1955 - First VHF-FM Transmission from the BBC (Wrotham covering London & S-East)

1955 - Independent Television (ITV) is launched in London to compete with the BBC

1954 - Worlds first portable 'transistor radio' - The Regency TR1 (USA).

1952 - The 7" 45 rpm and 12" 331/3 rpm records released in the UK.

1948 - 12 inch LP vinyl record introduced.

1947 - The invention of the Germanium Transistor.

1945 - FM broadcasting - In the US the FCC allocate VHF 88-108MHz.

1939 - Tape recordings improved with AC bias.

1936 - First Television Broadcasts in London from the BBC (Black & White 405 lines).

1936 - First magnetic tape recorder, the Magnetophone.

1935 - Development of tweeter and woofer with crossover filters to reduce speaker distortion.

1933 - Radio Luxembourg commences broadcasting.

1933 - Frequency Modulation (FM) invented by Edwin Armstrong (USA).

1926 - Television invented by John Logie Baird.

1922 - First daily broadcasts from '2LO' in London (Medium Wave).

1919 - First licensed radio station 'KDKA' in Pennsylvania.

1918 - Patent for Superheterodyne radio receiver (Edwin Armstrong).

1914 - First car radio (in a Ford Model 'T') however it only worked when parked.

1912 - Radio message (morse code) from the doomed Titanic.

1908 - Early radio telephone (AM) Broadcasts.

1907 - Lee De Forest - Patent for the first three element vacuum valve.

1906 - Lee De Forest - Transmits speech across his Laboratory.

1905 - Sir Ambrose Fleming - First electron valve (tube for our Americans).

1901 - First transatlantic radio communication (Cornwall to Newfoundland).

1896 - Marconi spark gap transmitter.

1887 - Heinrich Hertz transmits and receives radio waves over a short distance.

1886 - Gramophone invented (Disc record) - Tainter & Bell.

1878 - Filament electric light invented - Edison.

1877 - Phonograph invented - "The first sound recording" - Edison.

1876 - Telephone invented (Bell).

1864 - James Maxwell - Electromagnetic wave theory (the basis for radio waves).

1844 - Morse code sent first telegram message over 40 miles (by cable) .

1837 - Electric telegraph invented.

1799 - The Electric battery invented by the Italian Alessandro Volta.