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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

December 24 In Radio History

In 1898...First ship-to-shore message sent

In 1906...Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio. The broadcast originated in Brant Rock, Massachusetts.

In 1922...the BBC broadcast the first British radio play. It was entitled, "Truth about Father Christmas".



In 1937...Mae West performed a skit about Adam & Eve on the NBC Radio network which subsequently got her banned from there.



In 1944..."The Andrews Sisters’ Eight-To-The-Bar-Ranch" radio program debuted on ABC Radio.

In 1988....Bulgaria stopped jamming "Radio Free Europe" after more than 30 years.

In 2006…Broadcasting executive Frank Stanton, the president of CBS from 1946 to 1971, died at the age of 98.


In 2009...Disc jockey (WABC-New York, WFIL-Philadelphia, KBTR-Denver, WRIT-Milwaukee, WIL-St. Louis)/TV sports highlights show host (The George Michael Sports Machine) George Michael died of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 70.

In 2011...Talk personality Lynn Samuels WBAI, WABC NYC died from a heart attack at age 69.

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