OHIOHISTORICALMARKERFIRST SHIP-TO-SHORE RADIO BROADCASTOn July 1, 1907, Dr. Lee deForest broadcast the firstship-to-shore radio message from the steam yacht Thelma.The communication provided quick, accurate race resultsof the Annual Inter-Lakes Yachting Association (I-LYA)Regatta. Frank Butler, a Monroeville, Ohio native andassistant to deForest, was stationed in the pavilion atFox's Dock (today where the Jet Express Dock stands) andreceived the radio transmission.The creation of the vacuum tube by deForest permittedthe rapid development of radio and eventually television. Theinventor disliked the existing term "wireless" and instead chose a newmoniker -- "radio". On this site wireless-transmission radiobroadcasting was born.OHIO BICENTENNIAL COMMISSIONTHE LONGABERGER COMPANYLAKE ERIE ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETYTHE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY19995-62
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