Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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" – time leased on affiliated radio stations. WEAF chain
List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters KN–KS) List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters KT–KZ) List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WA–WF) List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WG–WM)
A weekly children's radio program. Off the air during World War II. By the time of its final broadcast it had become the world's longest-running regular weekly radio series. [16] La Hora Nacional: 87 25 July 1937 Weekly government-sponsored cultural and information broadcast required to be aired by all Mexican radio stations. CBS World News ...
Radio broadcasting has been used in the United States since the early 1920s to distribute news and entertainment to a national audience. In 1923, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one radio receiver, while a majority did by 1931 and 75 percent did by 1937.
Pages in category "Oldies radio stations in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 361 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
WNYC is one of the oldest radio stations in New York, and the City of New York was one of the first American municipalities to be directly involved in broadcasting. Funds for its establishment were approved on June 2, 1922, by the New York City Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
Oscar Norris, Gaston County resident, and the oldest living ham radio operator in the U.S. will turn 106-years-old this month.
In the United States, FM broadcasting stations currently are assigned to 101 channels, designated 87.9 to 107.9 MHz, within a 20.2 MHz-wide frequency band, spanning 87.8–108.0 MHz. In the 1930s investigations were begun into establishing radio stations transmitting on "Very High Frequency" (VHF) assignments above 30 MHz.