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Invention of the Radio (1:55)

In the early 20th century, the first radio signals beamed across America. See how this cultural revolution began.

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Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi developed the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph and broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal.

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