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Hey Guys!! Does anyone know where the first radio station was located
in United States? Thanks!!!

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Which Was the First U. S. Radio Station?

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Hey Guys!! Does anyone know where the first radio station was located
in United States? Thanks!!!

Samantha wrote:

Hey Guys!! Does anyone know where the first radio station was located
in United States? Thanks!!!


Kinda depends on how you define radio station.

Lee de Forrest claims to have been broadcasting on a regular basis in
1907 from laboratory in Parker Building in New York.

In 1909 Charles Herrold transmits voice from San Jose. By 1912 he was
maintaing a regular scheduled broadcast. In 1916 he was assigned the
call 6XE which was changed to KQW in 1921 later to become KCBS.

1910 - De Forest makes a broadcast directly to the public from the
Metropolitian Opera to listners in NY using a 500 watt transmitter.

1912. 9YV (WTG) Manhattan KS broadcasts weather information in Morse
code daily at 9 a.m., believed to be first regular schedule of weather
broadcasts in U. S.

1920 - 8MK (WBL, WWJ) begins formal period of testing (but Archer in
History of Radio to 1926 says 8MK Radio News & Music Co. first appears
in RSB 6/30/21; 8CS owned by an employee of the Detroit News first in
RSB 6/30/21)

October of 1920 Westinghouse, Pittsburg, PA, obtains the call letters
KDKA and broadcast the presidential elections on the night of November
2. Some historians want to make this the first commercial broadcasting
station and the beginning of commercial broadcasting to the public, but
that is up for debate.

The above is just a sampling of radio broadcasing go on in the early
1900's. You might find the following an interesting read.

http://members.aol.com/jeff560/chrono1.html