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28th Jul 2010, 9:55 am | #1 |
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Recording of 1st broadcast from KDKA Pittsburgh
KDKA claims to be the worlds oldest broadcast radio station* - it's first broadcast having been on 2 November 1920. On the station's website is a recording of part of that transmission, presumably an acoustic gramophone(phonograph)record, since, AFAIK, no other method of recording exsisted 90 years ago(unless anyone else knows otherwise!)
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28th Jul 2010, 10:04 am | #2 |
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Re: Recording of 1st broadcast from KDKA Pittsburgh
If you're playing the "who was first" game then you need to define your terms pretty carefully. Fessenden ran a sort of broadcasting station in 1906 using an Alexanderson alternator.
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28th Jul 2010, 11:20 am | #3 |
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Re: Recording of 1st broadcast from KDKA Pittsburgh
First scheduled public service?
First broadcast of a live performance? First station broadcast for public reception other than a test? Some thoughts without much checking or research: http://www.wattystuff.net/amateur/oldbroadcast.htm Possibly partly from http://www.oldradio.com/archives/international/ Canada seems to be first Scheduled broadcasts for public. Germany or UK may have transmitted first performances. KDKA seems to be first station issued a licence to Broadcast. It's inevitable that when something new starts it's a while till Governments notice and start insisting on Licences. Cars Planes Radio Satellite systems... Is Ireland unique in having a TV reception licence 18months before any Irish TV service? |
28th Jul 2010, 7:45 pm | #4 |
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Re: Recording of 1st broadcast from KDKA Pittsburgh
The information I quoted in my post # 1, including the date of the first broadcast, was taken from KDKA's own website. The programme was abulletin about the 1920 U.S. Presidential election. I hadn't looked at the 'oldradio.com' website, or anywhere else for that matter, but I did know about Fessenden's 1906 transmissions
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Re: Recording of 1st broadcast from KDKA Pittsburgh
No worries
I wonder was it phonograph (Cylinder?) or gramophone (Disc always). Magnetic recording seems to be unlikely rather than impossible. Early (Tape not wire?) Tape recorder pre 1937, original design 1930? http://www.24listen.net/D_i1mmv5-Fg/...recorder-1939/ Quote:
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