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100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election – politics would never be the same

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election – politics would never be the sameWhen Frank Conrad broadcast the results of the 1920 presidential election, he had no idea that politics would be forever transformed.Bettmann via Getty Images

Only 100 people were listening, but the first broadcast from a licensed radio station occurred at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1920. It was Pittsburgh’s KDKA, and the station was broadcasting the...

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