Broadcasting station

Radio

The earliest radio broadcasting stations transmitted radiotelegraphy dots-and-dashes, for such things as time signals and weather reports, or provided news summaries intended for inclusion in shipboard newspapers. This had limited audiences, because of the need to understand Morse code. Beginning in 1904, the U.S. Navy broadcast daily time signals and weather reports, and a Canadian Marconi station in Camperdown, Nova Scotia began transmitting time signals in 1907. In Europe, a station located at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, transmitted time signals that were audible throughout the continent. It also transmitted time signals so audiences unfamiliar with Morse code could listen for the "beep" to adjust their clocks and watches. These audiences were international, with evidence of families in London catching the time signal from the Eiffel tower. The weather reports were also a form of entertainment for the audiences of this time.