Half inch reel Magnetic tape was first invented by Fritz Pfleumer in 1928 in
Germany, based on the invention of the magnetic wire by Valdemar Poulsen in
1898. It was not used to record data until 1951 on the Mauchly-Eckert UNIVAC
I.
Sunday, February 25, 1940
London England, Listeners heard the familiar strains of "God Save the
King" An upper class English voice announced the inauguration of the New
British Broadcasting System. What followed was an evening of popular and
concert music, interspersed with "news" programs
