When the luxury ocean liner RMS Titanic sank in the early-morning hours of April 15, 1912 -- 110 years ago this month -- it was a historic disaster, a shocking loss of life and, nearly a century later, the inspiration for James Cameron's greatest filmmaking triumph. It was also a key moment in the development of the then-new technology of radio.
HISTORY's Moment in Media: The Rise of Radio Amid the Sinking of the Titanic
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