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Woodrow Wilson in 1919 spoke via ship radio to the crews of other ships. Some people on shore reportedly were able to pick up the transmission.Warren Harding on June 14,1922 had his remarks broadcast over public radio. He was speaking at a dedication ceremony in honor of Francis Scott Key.Calvin Coolidge on December 5,1923 was the first to have a presidential speech broadcast widely ( i.e. to about 5 million listeners)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected in 1932, was the first modern President to make effective use of the radio. To help calm the fears of the nation during the Great Depression, and to keep the citizens informed as to what the government was doing, FDR presented a series of "fireside chats" over the airwaves. His calm, reassuring voice did much to help prevent anxiety and panic in some sections of the population.
The first US president who was heard on the radio was Warren. G. Harding. The first one to make an entire radio broadcast from the White House was Calvin Coolidge.
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On December 6,1923 , President Calvin Coolidge had his state of the union address to Congress broadcast live across the nation. That was the first live radio speech. Coolidge later made several radio campaign speeches.Earlier, on June 14,1922, a speech of President Warren Harding which had been recorded on a disk, was broadcast on commercial radio. Woodrow Wilsonin 1919 made some remarks from shore to sailors on some US navy ships at sea via a military radio- the first time a President spoke on the radio.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was famous for his many "fireside chats"
Roosevelt with his fireside chats...
It is true that Roosevelt was the first President to communicate directly with the American people, being the first to use this format of 'homely' speeches on the radio. It is also true that these proved to be very effective in explaining the issues of the day and 'selling' his policies to the American public. It is true that the speeches gave an immense boost to the confidence of people that the things that worried them were understood in Washington; and it is also true that the fireside chats contributed much to Roosevelt's high approval ratings.
The fireside chats were messages that President Franklin Roosevelt made on the radio. They were called fireside chats because when you chat by the fire, you feel calm and relaxed, just like what the fireside chats were intended to be like. He gave hope when people needed hope.President Roosevelt talked about various problems facing the country and his actions and plans for solving them . You can find actual recordings of these chats online at the Presidency Project. Fireside chats were broadcast every Sunday night.
Although Harding and Coolidge both spoke on the radio , Franklin Roosevelt made powerful use of the radio medium in his regular Fireside Chats from the White House.
Roosevelt's first Fireside Chat was about the banks and during that time the banks were in a huge crisis because they did not have enough reserves to meet the masses of people who wanted to withdraw their money. So he explained the whole banking process and proclaimed a National Bank Holiday which closed the banks, so they could recover. Roosevelt continued to give periodic Fireside Chats throughout his terms as president, the topic varying according to the times.
A Banking Panic
A Banking Panic
Calvin Coolidge
He explained his policies and assured people that he could help through the depression
Harry Truman was the first president to have his inauguration broadcast on television, on January 20, 1949.
A Banking Panic