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Ptah

(33,033 posts) Mon Oct 19, 2015, 09:07 PM Oct 2015

Who invented radio?

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Who invented radio? (Original Post) Ptah Oct 2015 OP

Morse, his one big single, SOS (Shit-ona-shingle) was a huge hit. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #1

Uhh, Marconi. OffWithTheirHeads Oct 2015 #2

Beef-a-roni was close. rug Oct 2015 #5

Nikola Tesla nt Callmecrazy Oct 2015 #3

Yeah, Tesla. kentauros Oct 2015 #9

I think we can rule out Arthur Godfrey. :) pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #4

Trick question. Guglielmo Marconi, named 1st Marquis of Beefaroni by the King of Italy in 1929. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2015 #6

I thought it was Al Gore. KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #7

He killed the radio star kentauros Oct 2015 #11

And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools progressoid Oct 2015 #8

Ralph Gunderman of Saginaw, Michigan Throd Oct 2015 #10

Gugliemo Marconi Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2015 #12

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

1. Morse, his one big single, SOS (Shit-ona-shingle) was a huge hit.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 09:20 PM

Oct 2015

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

2. Uhh, Marconi.

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Mon Oct 19, 2015, 09:31 PM

Oct 2015

rug

(82,333 posts)

5. Beef-a-roni was close.

Reply to OffWithTheirHeads (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:33 PM

Oct 2015

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

3. Nikola Tesla nt

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Mon Oct 19, 2015, 09:32 PM

Oct 2015

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

9. Yeah, Tesla.

Reply to Callmecrazy (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:22 AM

Oct 2015

OP, you need to put his name and pic on the list. Yes, it's that important

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. I think we can rule out Arthur Godfrey. :)

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Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:19 PM

Oct 2015

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,845 posts)

6. Trick question. Guglielmo Marconi, named 1st Marquis of Beefaroni by the King of Italy in 1929.

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Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:35 PM

Oct 2015

KentuckyWoman

(6,689 posts)

7. I thought it was Al Gore.

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Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:44 PM

Oct 2015

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

11. He killed the radio star

Reply to KentuckyWoman (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:24 AM

Oct 2015

progressoid

(49,992 posts)

8. And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools

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Mon Oct 19, 2015, 11:44 PM

Oct 2015

Throd

(7,208 posts)

10. Ralph Gunderman of Saginaw, Michigan

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:23 AM

Oct 2015

Never got the credit though.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

12. Gugliemo Marconi

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 06:15 PM

Oct 2015

he called it the “the wireless telegraph” at first. This was back in the 1890's I believe. Be a while since I studied Communication History.

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