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  • First Commercial Radio Broadcast KDKA

    From Michael Trew@mt999999@ymail.com to rec.antiques.radio+phono on Mon Mar 15 13:38:10 2021
    From Newsgroup: rec.antiques.radio+phono

    This one is close to home; I've lived in SW PA and Eastern OH my whole
    life...

    "Pittsburgh is the site of the first commercial radio broadcast, which
    marks its centennial anniversary on Nov. 2.

    To commemorate the event, the National Museum of Broadcasting partnered
    with Westinghouse Service Uniting Retired Employees (SURE) and Duquesne University to re-enact the first commercial radio broadcast that covered
    the 1920 election between Republican Warren Harding and Democrat James
    Cox. Duquesne University will live stream the historic results from a re-constructed version of the original radio shack at the Regional
    Industry Development Corporation (RIDC) Park in Turtle Creek, just like
    it did 100 years ago."

    https://www.wesa.fm/post/re-enactment-commemorates-100th-anniversary-first-commercial-radio-broadcast#stream/0
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  • From Peter Wieck@pfjw@aol.com to rec.antiques.radio+phono on Mon Mar 15 11:05:56 2021
    From Newsgroup: rec.antiques.radio+phono

    I thought that was Handel's Largo? And Fessenden?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombra_mai_fu

    https://www.you-books.com/book/F-Brown/The-Waveries

    Peter Wieck
    Melrose Park, PA
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  • From Jim Mueller@wrongname@nospam.com to rec.antiques.radio+phono on Wed Mar 17 19:05:07 2021
    From Newsgroup: rec.antiques.radio+phono

    On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:05:56 -0700, Peter Wieck wrote:

    I thought that was Handel's Largo? And Fessenden?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombra_mai_fu

    https://www.you-books.com/book/F-Brown/The-Waveries

    Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

    The links don't work.

    From what I understand, Fessenden's transmission may have been the first "phone" transmission but it was experimental, not a commercial broadcast.
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    Jim Mueller wrongname@nospam.com

    To get my real email address, replace wrongname with eggmen.
    Then replace nospam with expressmail. Lastly, replace com with dk.
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