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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Radio History
| What were the call letters of the first commercial radio station? | History of Radio
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KDKA. Dr. Frank Conrad broadcast from his Wilkinsburg, PA garage.
Edwin Howard Armstrong. A genius who is now relatively unrecognized.
agriculture. As in broadcasting seeds on plowed ground.
as long as a football field.
Electromagnetic radiation.
| What topic was discussed on the first commercial radio broadcast? | History of Radio
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The election results for 1920.. Harding and Cox won that election.
RCA. His nickname was 'The General.'
CBS. CBS earned the nickname from the color coding on the AT and T telephone diagrams. Originally called United Independent Broadcasters, the company was bought out by the Columbia Phonogragh Co. in 1927.
| Where in the US can you find most radio stations with the call letters starting with 'W'? | The History Of Radio
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East of the Mississippi River. Beginning in 1913, the original policy was that radio stations in the west normally got K-- call letters, while W-- calls were issued to stations along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic seaboard. The original K-W boundary ran north from the Texas-New Mexico border. However, in late January, 1923, the K-W boundary was shifted east to the Mississippi River, with 'W' on the east side and 'K' on the west.
| In the first US presidential election broadcast on commercial radio, who was declared the winner? | The History Of Radio
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Warren G. Harding. Republican candidate Harding defeated Democrat James M. Cox. The results were broadcast on KDKA on Nov. 2, 1920.
| Who began his newscasts with the famous, 'Good evening Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all ships at sea, let's go to press...'? | The History Of Radio
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Walter Winchell. Winchell was the most influential newspaperman in the country at the dawn of the forties, plus his Sunday night news-and-comment program was by far the most popular news program on the air in the last months before US involvement in World War 2. Early TV viewers will recognize his voice as the narrator of 'The Untouchables'.
The Shadow. First portrayed on radio by 22-year-old Orson Welles in September, 1937.
Lights Out. Truly one of the more creepy programs to reach the airwaves. Bill Cosby tells a great childhood story in his famous 'Chicken Heart' from an episode of 'Lights Out' that results in his spreading Jell-O on the floor to stop the monster and winds up breaking his father's arm.
The 'Three Chimes' ID. The 'Chimes' (G-E-C) were the first audible sound combination to be registered with a patent. During World War II, war bulletins on NBC were preceded and followed by four tones (G-E-C-C).
Kingfish. Sen. Claghorn was the inspiration for creation of the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. Kingfish was a member of the 'Amos and Andy' cast.
| Can't go on without one kudo to a classic broadcast and a demonstration of the true power of radio...the CBS dramatization of what story panicked many listeners on Oct. 30, 1938? | The History Of Radio
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The War Of The Worlds . Written by H.G. Wells, adapted for radio by Howard Koch and presented by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air. The story was altered to be presented as a regular broadcast of dance music, which was interrupted by fake news bulletins to follow the storyline of a Martian invasion.
| What long-running program took place at the Jot 'Em Down Store in Pine Ridge, Arkansas? | The History Of Radio
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Lum N' Abner. Lum Eddards (Chet Lauck) and Abner Peabody (Norris Goff) began as local 'Amos and Andy' imitators who changed their characters to old-time philosophers at the last minute. The show lasted from 1931 to 1953, including seven motion pictures.
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