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31 August 1920: The first known radio news program was broadcast by station 8MK, the unlicensed predecessor of WWJ (AM) in Detroit, Michigan. October 1920: Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania became the first US commercial broadcasting station to be licensed when it was granted call letters KDKA.
The first radio news program was broadcast on August 31, 1920, on the station 8MK in Detroit; owned by The Detroit News, the station covered local election results. This was followed in 1920 with the first commercial radio station in the United States, KDKA, being established in Pittsburgh.
The next year the company used the same concept to begin establishing the first radio network. [107] The WEAF and WJZ chains. At the same time in early 1922 that it announced the beginning of advertisement-supported broadcasting, AT&T also introduced its plans for the development of the first radio network. [104]
Canadian National Railway Radio Department Canada 1923–1933 First national radio network in North America. [47] Developed by the Canadian National Railway to provide en route entertainment for train passengers but also available to anyone within signal range. Consisted of 27 stations (3 owned and operated and up to 24 "phantom stations ...
On August 5, 1921, Arlin became the first person to announce a Major League Baseball game [13] and the game itself was the first baseball game ever broadcast on radio. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The teams playing that day were the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies from the historic Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh native Mal Goode, the first black network correspondent, the subject of a new biography ... one of America's oldest radio stations. ... Goode began his broadcast TV career covering ...
It is commonly attributed to KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which in October 1920 received its license and went on the air as the first US licensed commercial broadcasting station on November 2, 1920, with the presidential election results as its inaugural show, but was not broadcasting daily until 1921.
Conrad's experimental radio station, 8XK, was located in his home's garage. He was responsible for one of the country's first post-war radio broadcasts, when, on the evening of October 17, 1919, [11] he entertained local amateurs with selections from phonograph records. This was the start of a series of test broadcasts, and the novelty of the ...