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    The first commercial radio station was broadcasted in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. What was the name of the station?

    Question #90762. Asked by RIPMOM04. (Jan 05 08 7:48 AM)


    BRY2K

    		KDKA started broadcasting on November 2, 1920, as the first commercial radio station in the United States.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDKA_(AM)

    Jan 05 08, 7:50 AM
    number_1dad

    		At 6:00pm, on Tuesday, November 2, 1920, a few men in a shack changed the course of history. Four pioneers, announcer Leo Rosenberg, engineer William Thomas, telephone line operator John Frazier and standby R.S. McClelland, made their way to a makeshift studio - - actually a shack atop the Westinghouse "K" Building in East Pittsburgh - - flipped a switch and began reporting election returns in the Harding vs. Cox Presidential race. At that moment, KDKA became the pioneer broadcasting station of the world.

    http://www.kdkaradio.com/pages/15486.php

    Jan 06 08, 2:19 AM

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