Radio

1820-1840 radio

  • The first commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts

    The first commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts
    WWJ (Detroit) (then known as "8MK") went on-air in August. KDKA (Pittsburgh) went on-air in November with the results of the 1920 Harding - Cox Presidential election.
  • First sport broadcast

    First sport broadcast
    Dempsey knocks out Carpenter
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    The happiness boys

    Billy Jones and Ernie hare were the happiness boys and they sang on the radios often.
  • NBC

    NBC
    NBC was created by RCA
  • CBS

    CBS
    CBS was created
  • The "birthyear" of Little Orphan Annie

    The "birthyear" of Little Orphan Annie
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    The Breakfast Club

  • A year after Orson Welles' "Invasion From Mars". President Roosevelt asks Congress for $535 million defense budget, but declares US is neutral.

    A year after Orson Welles' "Invasion From Mars". President Roosevelt asks Congress for $535 million defense budget, but declares US is neutral.