Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: RS%AI.AI.MIT.EDU@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Robert E. Seastrom) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: More Old Radio Station History Message-ID: Date: 29 Aug 89 13:43:45 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 20 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 333, message 10 of 11 > [Moderator's Note: WEAF was the first AM broadcast station in the United > States. It was operated as an experimental station by AT&T. PT] I thought it was generally agreed that the first AM broadcast station was KDKA in Pittsburg (known as 8XK, as in W8XK at the time). Now, some people suggest that WGY was actually the first. Now you mention WEAF, which, if I remember correctly, was more notable for its pioneering work in FM broadcast than it was for AM. What's the story here? ---Rob [Moderator's Note: I think the first FM station in the United States was here in Chicago. WEFM went on the air in 1940. It was named for Edward F. McCormick, who at the time was the President of the Zenith Radio Corporation and active in research work at that firm regards FM broadcasting. I think Zenith started the station (they owned and operated it until 1970) mainly so that people who purchased their 'new type of radio' (FM) would have a station to listen to. I do not know about WEAF being involved in any FM experiments. Comments, anyone? PT]