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Historic Pittsburgh: KDKA RADIO - First Radio Broadcast in US History!

Beginnings of KDKA, with entire staff of four
 
Pittsburgh's place in radio history is simple: it's the birthplace of commercial radio. KDKA, the market's all-time most successful station, was also the first station ever to broadcast to a mass market. The station was owned by Westinghouse Electric Company, who kicked off a new era in communications, in which people scattered around town could enjoy the same experience without ever leaving their homes.

It started at 8:00 pm, 2 November 1910,with the station broadcasting the  Presidential Election returns, in which Warren Harding defeated James Cox.

By the end of 1923, KDKA was heard regularly all over the United States as well as some parts of Europe, South America and the Hawaiian Islands

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1 comment:

  1. bizarrioMay 31, 2013 at 4:34 PM

    I did not know that Pittsburgh was the birthplace of KDKA, good for Pittsburgh!

    Thanks for sharing this.

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