97 years ago. It was actually yesterday (October 8th), but the tremendous Twitter account Old Pittsburgh just posted about it today. Props to KDKA for being a radio pioneer.
OT: First college football game broadcast live on radio
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and Hillgrove only screwed up about 14 times...
Harold Arlin once got so excited announcing a play he knocked the station off the air
Threads from 1922:
"Fire Warner!! He can't beat Sutherland's Layfette Boys!"
"Stop playing urban Jazz at the games!"
"Jail the railroad strike leaders! Deport the socialist hordes!"
"OT: Anyone see Nosferatu yet? Pretty good!"
"Fire Warner!! He can't beat Sutherland's Layfette Boys!"
"Stop playing urban Jazz at the games!"
"Jail the railroad strike leaders! Deport the socialist hordes!"
"OT: Anyone see Nosferatu yet? Pretty good!"
KDKA also did the first baseball game on radio too. I remember that was in my highschool history book
Yup, just looked it up. It was actually only a few months before of the same year. Pirates defeated the Phillies 8-5. Apparently KDKA was one of the premier radio stations in their day.
KDKA was the first radio station, which is why they were the firsts with these events.
Really? I didn’t know that... that’s pretty cool actually. Another part of our world that can trace its roots to Pittsburgh.
It looks like their first radio broadcast was during the 1920 election.
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