One hundred years ago the first regular radio broadcasts crackled into life first from The Hague, and then from Pittsburgh and Madison Wisconsin in the USA while our own Dame Nellie Melba sang in Britain’s first official broadcast on 15 June 1920.
Music, election results, Bible readings and even the news reached audiences: Dame Nellie heralded the new age from wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi’s experimental studio, singing Home Sweet Home and the national anthem. By 1922, as stations popped up all over the globe, the radio flame was well and truly alight.