Fessenden's Christmas Eve: The First Voice on the Air Reginald Fessenden argued for years that wireless should carry voices, and voices need continuous waves. This guide tells how, on Christmas Eve 1906, ships' operators heard a man read scripture, play the violin, and wish them a happy Christmas. Quick facts Broadcaster Reginald Fessenden Station Brant Rock, Mass. Audience ships' operators Programme reading + violin Same year two-way Atlantic Morse The broadcast changed nothing commercially for fifteen years, and everything eventually. Fessenden's alternators proved a carrier wave could be modulated by a voice; the whole radio age is that proof, industrialised at last. Start now: Morsecodeworks.com Morse Code Works - free Morse code tools and guides. Reference chart