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From: mac@allegra.UUCP (Jim McParland)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: First Radio Station?
Message-ID: <2362@allegra.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 09:06:10 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 09:06:10 1984
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Although there is a controversy about the first COMMERCIAL radio station,
the first regularly scheduled radio broadcasts were from W2UC, a radio
station run by Union College in Schenectady, New York.  (I used to work
at the station).  The station has an extensive collection of memorabilia
from those early days -

One of the stunts pulled by the college students at that time involved the 
first "portable" radio!  Some students loaded a baby buggy with a lot of
car batteries and a receiver, and walked it around town.  No doubt it
caused quite a stir when people heard it.

	Jim McParland
	AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
	allegra!mac