page_title: National Capitol Radio & Television Museum
section_title: Galleries
hierarchical_section_title: National Capitol Radio & Television Museum / Galleries
caption_attribution_description: English: National Capitol Radio &amp; Television Museum
context_page_description: The National Capital Radio & Television Museum, located in Bowie, Maryland, was established to educate the public on the development and history of electronic media while exhibiting a collection of radio and television technology from the past.
context_section_description: The National Capital Radio & Television Museum is organized into seven related exhibit galleries:
  Gallery 1: Wireless Beginnings: Focus on invention of "wireless telegraphy" (or simply wireless) to describe sending Morse Code.
  Gallery 2: Birth of Broadcasting: From the first limited scheduled radio broadcasts (often listened to with home built crystal radios) through to a few years later when radio had become a country-wide phenomenon.
  Gallery 3: Radio Comes of Age: Radio becomes a fixture in many American households and the Federal Communication Commission is formed to regulate radio stations.
  Gallery 4: Radio’s Golden Age: With improving technology, radios became less expensive and smaller. Radio also became a main source of family entertainment.
  Gallery 5: Post-War Radio: With radio still going strong, television introduced a new visual medium.
  Gallery 6: Rise of Television: Twenty years of TV design innovation, including different signal reception/ display ideas
  Gallery 7: How it all Works: Sound effects used for early radio brought to life
caption: National Capital Radio & TV Museum
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