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Printing Press with movable type
1440
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Founding of Regional Newspapers
1844–1892
Wet Plate Negatives
1851
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Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
May 1869
Invention of the Edison Phonograph
7/18/1877 – 12/31/1929
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Edison's First Movie
1889
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First Broadcast Station
1909
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WNBC signs on for the first time as WEAF
March 2, 1922
Your Hit Parade
1935–1953
The Golden Age of Radio
1935–1950
First Televison Broadcast NBC/RCA
1936
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Golden Age of Television
1950–1970
First Color Television National Broadcast
1954–1970
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American Top 40
1970–1983
Betamax, VHS VCRs Introduced to Market
November 1975 – September 1976
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Last M*A*S*H Episode
2/28/83
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World Wide Web
1990–2000
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Broadband Era
2001–2014
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iPod
10/23/01
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iPhone
2007
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