January 13 In Radio History

In 1905..."Scientific America" published an advertisement for the "Telimco", a device guaranteed to received signals for as far as one mile. It cost $8.50.

In 1910...the first opera was broadcast on Radio, courtesy of the New York Metropolitan Opera.

In 1922...WHA 970 AM in Madison, Wisconsin began broadcasting.


In 1962..."The Twist" by Chubby Checker hit Number 1 again, over a year after it first reached the top spot on the charts. The only other song ever to do that was Bing Crosby's "White Christmas."

In 1980...Orchestra leader/arranger Andre Kostelanetz, whose radio program was one of America's most popular from the 1930s to the 1950s, died at the age of 78.