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The journey from signal fires to streaming, and why local radio endures
~530 BC
The Persian Postal System
Cyrus the Great establishes the Angarium, the first organized postal relay. Mounted couriers carry messages across the empire in days instead of weeks.
1440
Gutenberg's Press
Movable type makes mass communication possible. Within fifty years, there are printing operations in 250 cities across Europe.
1844
"What Hath God Wrought"
Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore. Instantaneous long-distance communication becomes reality.
1920
KDKA Goes on the Air
The first commercially licensed radio station begins regular broadcasting from Pittsburgh. Within a decade, radio is in 12 million American homes.
1922
The First Radio Ad
WEAF in New York airs a ten-minute message for the Queensboro Corporation, selling apartments in Jackson Heights. The ad costs $50. Radio advertising is born.
1995
The First Internet Ad
AT&T places a banner ad on HotWired.com. "Have you ever clicked your mouse right HERE?" it asks. 44% of viewers click. Digital advertising begins.
2004
Self-Serve Advertising Arrives
Google AdWords and later Facebook Ads let any business buy advertising directly, without a media buyer or agency. Small businesses gain access to tools only large companies had before.
Today
Local Radio, Modern Access
Access Commons brings the self-serve model to local broadcast radio. The same simplicity that transformed digital advertising, applied to the medium that still reaches 82% of Americans every week.
Give your station a self-serve marketplace. Your brand, your inventory, your pricing.
Enter your call letters and we pull your FCC data, coverage map, and specs automatically.
Everything advertisers see carries your identity. You set prices. You approve every order.
Add your stations, confirm your details, and your marketplace is ready for businesses to discover.