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Americana & Inventions Question #45 ·

Which Pittsburgh station made the first scheduled commercial radio broadcast in 1920?

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Why the answer is KDKA

On November 2, 1920, Westinghouse’s station KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcast the results of the presidential election between Warren Harding and James Cox. It is widely recognized as the first scheduled commercial radio broadcast in the United States.

Just two months later, on January 2, 1921, KDKA broadcast a Sunday evening service from Pittsburgh’s Calvary Episcopal Church, one of the first church services ever aired on radio.

Within a few years, hundreds of stations were on the air, and the radio became the center of the family living room.

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Nov. 2, 1920

KDKA broadcast the election returns.

Harding

He won the 1920 election announced on KDKA.

1921

KDKA aired a church service on radio.

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