Radio Journeys

Radio Journeys 71 .... Special Presentation .... The Earliest Recording of a "Complete Radio Program"

12.31.2006 - By John GrimmettPlay

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This week, Radio Journeys continues its special look at the origins of radio and broadcasting. In a unique, extended episode, we hear one of the most historic of all radio recordings: The earliest known recording of a complete radio program, a broadcast from 1924. This broadcast was also pioneering in many ways, most importantly as the first trans-continental network broadcast, with a chain of stations from Boston to San Francisco linked by AT&T telephone cable. It is significant as a document of general American history, as well. To find out why, have a listen. Radio of the most historic caliber, for New Year's, on Radio Journeys.

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