About Harding's landslide election victory from station KDKA in Pittsburgh-one of the first public broadcasts in history.
The debate over the first licensed commercial radio station has been going on for years, and is something of a standing joke, but one of the very first - if not the first (and it may have been) is KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which went on the air on November 2, 1920.
While the wireless or radio was invented in 1895, it was not used for entertainment until about 1920. The first radio station was started in Pittsburgh, PA in 1920 with commercial radios beginning sales about that time.
Various hobbyists and electrical nerds were transmitting music and talk, occasionally, without firm schedules, for the entertainment of their neighbors, during the 19-teens. The first commercially licensed radio station in the USA is widely considered to have been KDKA in Pittsburgh, which began scheduled operation in November of 1920.
Hallam Tennyson - radio producer - was born in 1920.
It was Sadie Theone Llindgren "whisper-singing" a commercial jingle for Bubble-Up on the Harry Von Zell show. Jimmy Durante was the guest star during the show. This was early 1920's prior to the Wheaties ad.
Commercial radio began in Pittsburg (KDKA) in 1920. Commercial tape recorders for the home were marketed (by Brush) in 1947.
KDKA, Pittsburg, 1920
The debate over the first licensed commercial radio station has been going on for years, and is something of a standing joke, but one of the very first - if not the first (and it may have been) is KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which went on the air on November 2, 1920.
No. Radio waves were discovered around 1880. The first radio stations began about 1920..
KDKA was the first commercially licensed radio station in the United States. It began broadcasting in 1920 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and played a significant role in the development of the radio industry.
Early stations were started by newspapers and broadcasting on November 2, 1920.
While the wireless or radio was invented in 1895, it was not used for entertainment until about 1920. The first radio station was started in Pittsburgh, PA in 1920 with commercial radios beginning sales about that time.
KDKA Radio is based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and was created in 1920 by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. KDKA is also the worlds 1st commercial radio station.
First business attempt was with Ub Iwerks to form Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists 1920 Mickey Mouse and the Disney Media Mogul Empire / Dynasty began in November 1928 (Mickey Mouse "born" November 17th, 1928)
Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland, on 16 November 1920.Read more: When_did_QANTAS_start
The first radio station was NOT Pittsburgh's KDKA, although it was certainly an important early station. Commercial radio began in 1920, and probably 8MK (later known as WWJ) in Detroit was the first, going on the air in August of 1920, while KDKA went on the air in late October. Early radio did not have commercial advertising. Most stations were only on the air a couple of hours a night in those early days. In the first year of radio, there were perhaps ten stations. But by 1922, the radio craze was exploding all over the US, as several hundred stations went on the air. Commercial advertising didn't become common till the mid-1920s. Some stations aired news reports as early as 1921-1922. Most radio broadcasts in the 1920s featured live performers, as tape had not yet been invented. Some stations played phonograph records, but most used live and local talent. The first national radio network was NBC (National Broadcasting Company), which began in late 1926.
Various hobbyists and electrical nerds were transmitting music and talk, occasionally, without firm schedules, for the entertainment of their neighbors, during the 19-teens. The first commercially licensed radio station in the USA is widely considered to have been KDKA in Pittsburgh, which began scheduled operation in November of 1920.