Today in Radio History (Part 2)
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Historical Events
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1924-01-22 - KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
1924-02-08 - 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chic
1924-02-12 - President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
1924-02-22 - 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge)
1924-03-21 - 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)
1924-03-28 - WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1924-04-11 - WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1924-04-15 - WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
1924-04-16 - 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion
1924-06-10 - 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
1924-06-14 - WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
1924-06-15 - 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
1924-06-21 - NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms
1924-07-06 - 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England
1924-10-12 - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
1924-11-15 - Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
1924-11-30 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
1924-12-13 - KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1924-12-24 - 1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands
1925-03-04 - Pres Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations
1925-03-24 - KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
1925-03-31 - WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1925-04-01 - 1st transmission of Danish state radio
1925-04-14 - 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1925-04-23 - Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms
1925-08-01 - Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies
1925-08-12 - KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions
1925-08-20 - WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
1925-10-05 - WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions
1925-10-30 - KUT-AM in Austin TX begins radio transmissions
1925-11-01 - VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam
1925-11-24 - 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1925-11-28 - Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn
1926-04-12 - Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
1926-04-20 - 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic
1926-07-15 - VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
1926-09-09 - National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America
1926-11-15 - 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
1926-11-15 - AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC)
1926-11-24 - KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1926-11-27 - KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1926-12-10 - 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)
1926-12-16 - WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
1926-12-17 - KYA-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
1926-12-23 - KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1927-01-11 - Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th NYC
1927-02-04 - KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
1927-02-18 - 1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
1927-02-23 - Pres Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)
1927-09-18 - 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is NYC affiliate)
1927-12-10 - Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1928-01-01 - Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
1928-01-30 - 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands & US
1928-03-19 - "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1928-03-27 - KGB-AM in San Diego CA begins radio transmissions
1928-05-01 - Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
1928-05-02 - KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
1928-06-30 - Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards
1928-07-27 - AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
1928-09-13 - KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions
1928-11-11 - KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
1928-11-11 - WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
1928-11-11 - WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
1928-11-11 - WOL-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions
1928-11-20 - WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
1928-12-23 - NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
1929-01-08 - CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
1929-01-09 - KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions
1929-01-18 - "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
1929-02-08 - KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
1929-02-16 - KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
1929-03-16 - WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
1929-03-22 - KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
1929-04-11 - KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
1929-05-09 - WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
1929-07-04 - AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down
1929-09-02 - WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
1929-10-24 - Ruby Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio
1929-11-20 - 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
1930-01-20 - 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1930-01-23 - WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
1930-01-30 - The world's first radiosonde is launched in Pavlovsk, USSR.
1930-03-27 - 1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea
1930-06-30 - 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY
1930-07-30 - 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
1930-09-29 - Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
1930-09-29 - NYC College offers 1st course in radio advertising
1930-10-20 - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio
1931-02-12 - Vatican Radio begins broadcasting with the callsign HVJ
1931-04-06 - 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
1931-05-01 - Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
1931-06-22 - RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms
1931-10-14 - 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
1931-12-25 - NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
1932-03-24 - 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
1932-03-29 - Jack Benny debuts on radio
1932-04-28 - 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1932-05-02 - Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1932-08-14 - Philips makes 1 millionth radio
1932-10-10 - "Betty & Bob" premieres on radio
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