An entertainment broadcasting venture based in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, became the first commercial radio station, KDKA, in 1920. The station WWJ, in Detroit, Michigan, also one of the firsts ...

On November 2, 1920, station KDKA made the nation's first commercial broadcast (a term coined by Conrad himself). They chose that date because it was election day, and the power of radio was ...

Listen on BBC Sounds now (UK only). The British Broadcasting Company’s first daily radio service begins at 6pm on 14 November. The broadcast begins with the words: “This is 2LO calling” (2LO ...

The British Broadcasting Company ... the BBC started its first daily radio service in London – 2LO. After much argument, news was supplied by an agency, and music drama and 'talks' filled ...

Back in the day, the historic hotel housed Pinellas County’s first radio station, WGHB. “Back in those days and 1920s, oftentimes they were live performers that were broadcasting out of the ...