1906 in radio
The year 1906 in radio involved some significant events.
Events
[file:Fessenden alternator transmitter (1906).jpg|thumb|Alternator transmitter, used by Reginald Fessenden for audio transmissions ]- 3 October - The first International Radiotelegraph Convention opens in Berlin.
- 24 December - Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast from Brant Rock, Massachusetts, USA: a poetry reading, a violin solo and a speech.
- Lee de Forest invents the audion.
Births
- 14 January - William Bendix, American film, radio and television actor
- 19 January - Lanny Ross, American singer, pianist and songwriter
- 8 February - Harman Grisewood, English radio actor and administrator
- 20 February - James Jewell, American radio actor, producer and director
- 24 April - William Joyce, American-born Nazi propagandist
- 13 May - Eileen Fowler, English fitness instructor