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MILESTONES
important and interesting
A steps in the progress tik
of commercial radio
First patent on a wireless system was granted July 30, 1872, in the U. S. to Dr. Mahlon Loomis of Washington, D. C.
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Marconi sent and received his first wireless signals across his father's estate in 1894.
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First signal to be sent across the Atlantic was plucked by Marconi in Newfoundland on Dec. 12, 1901.
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Broadcasting as it is known today "officially" started Nov. 2, 1920, when KDKA of Pittsburgh aired the Harding-Cox election returns. Station operated under an experimental radio -telephone license until Nov. 7, 1921, when its regular broadcasting license was issued.
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First station to obtain a regular license for broadcasting was WBZ, Springfield, Mass., which was issued a license by the Department of Commerce on Sept. 15, 1921, while WWJ, Detroit, was licensed Oct. 13, 1921, although it opened experimentally on Aug. 20, 1920.
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First radio station to broadcast a play by television was WGY, Schenectady, which transmitted "The Queen's Messenger," a one-act drama, on Sept. 11, 1928.
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Warner Bros, was the first film studio to go on the air with a program — the weekly "Vitaphone Hour" over CBS in 1928.
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A telephone tieup between WEAF, New York, and WNAC, Boston, on Jan. 4, 1923, was the first "chain" broadcast; first multiple station hookup took place in June of same year.
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Dempsey-Carpentier fight was the first boxing match to be aired, with Major Andrew J. White as announcer, on July 2, 1921.
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Opening of Congress was broadcast for the first time on Dec. 4, 1923.
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First international program was rebroadcast by WJZ from Coventry via Houlton, Me., in 1924.
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First coast-to-coast broadcast took place Jan. 1, 1927, when a Rose Bowl football game was aired.
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First round-the-world broadcast sent from Schenectady on June 30, 1930.
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President Roosevelt inaugurates "fireside chats" on March 12, 1933.
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WLW in Cincinnati starts operating with 500,000 watts, first and only station with such power (experimental).
RCA starts television tests from Empire State Building, New York, on June <29t 1936.
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