Radio Day, Communications Workers' Day (as it is officially known in Russia) or Radio and Television Day, as it is known in Bulgaria, is a commemoration of the development of radio in Russia. It takes place on 7 May, the day in 1895 on which Alexander Popov successfully demonstrated his invention.

The radio has a long, rich and interesting history, much of which is not commonly known. Here is a short list of some fun facts you may not know about how radio's history still influences us today.

Guiglielmo Marconi sent the first ever radio transmission in 1896. Despite being known as “the father of radio", he was only able to transmit radio signals, not voice. The first experiments with broadcasting voice transmissions did not occur until the early 1900s.

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