FM Radio
FM - frequency modulation |
AM radio had a problem - static |
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Edwin Howard Armstrong (American) |
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1930-33 Armstrong works on the problem and comes up with a solution |
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1935 - Sarnoff (RCA) and Armstrong part ways |
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1935-37 Armstrong gets experimental frequency allocations from the FCC |
1937 Armstrong forms the Yankee network in the Northeast |
1941 commercial FM is approved by the FCC |
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at this point, World War II interupts |