What is the 1930s and 1940s history of KDKA?
KDKA is a U.S. class A clear channel AM radio station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that operates on 1020 kHz. The station is owned by CBS Radio. History KDKA started broadcasting on November 2, 1920 as the world’s first commercial radio station. It also claims to be the first radio station broadcasting on a regular schedule. That claim is complicated by the fact that radio prior to 1920 was mostly experimental and good records are not kept for all “experimental” signals of contesting stations. KDKA’s roots began with the efforts of Frank Conrad who operated KDKA’s predecessor 75 watt 8XK from the Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania from 1916. Conrad’s musical offerings proved unexpectedly popular and his operations continued until his employer, the Westinghouse Electric Company, realized the potential of this new medium and applied for an official broadcasting license. The KDKA callsign was assigned sequentially from a list maintained for the use of US-registry mariti
