On the evening of December 24, 1906, Reginald A. Fessenden used the alternator-transmitter to send out a short radio program from Brant Rock, Massachusetts. This broadcast is believed to be the first two-way, trans-oceanic wireless radio transmission, paving the way for a century of broadcasting to come. As people in the U.S. and elsewhere would soon realize, listening and receiving information would take on an entirely new, “disembodied” connotation in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Here’s a recreation of the broadcast for your ears. Note the voice. Sound familiar?

 

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