WGI (radio station)
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WGI was an early radio broadcasting station, licensed to the American Radio and Research Corporation of Medford Hillside, Massachusetts. WGI received its initial broadcasting license on February 7, 19
"Main Factory of the American Radio and Research Corporation. Medford Hillside, Mass. Home of Amrad Radio. Showing at extreme right Research and Engineering Laboratories and Broadcasting Station WGI, the Pioneer Radiophone for Broadcasting to the Layman Public." (Caption from 1922 company advertisement)
Advertisement for AMRAD radio receivers (1922)
Tufts professor Edward H. Rockwell broadcasting an educational lecture over WGI (1922)
Eunice Randall was an AMRAD engineer who in the summer of 1922 read children's stories on Tuesday and Thursday nights for WGI.
KDKA (AM)
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KDKA is a class A, clear channel, AM radio station, licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. and the market affiliate for ABC News Radio, Its radio studios are located
Harry P. Davis, Westinghouse vice president and founder of KDKA
Photograph of the 9th floor KDKA transmission room. c. 1921
As part of ongoing facility upgrades, this well-appointed studio went into service on December 18, 1922.
KDKA microphone