List of the world's oldest radio stations

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1 Table of Experimental Radio Stations
2 See also
- 2.1 Individual Stations
3 External links

The title of Oldest Radio Station is a controversial one, but can be assumed from several in Europe (particularly of England and Germany), and in the United States and Canada.

Several potential contenders for the title of "Oldest radio station" are listed below:

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Radio Call-sign (Original)	Radio Call-sign (Current)	City/Location	On Air	Broadcast Frequency (AM Radio / FM Radio)	Broadcast class
[edit] Table of Experimental Radio Stations
(Marconi experimental station with a regular news service)		Chelmsford, Essex, England	February 23, 1920	AM 107 kHz	15 kW
6ADZ	KHJ-AM	Los Angeles, California	Summer 1920, granted license 1922	AM 930 kHz	Class-B
4XD	WBT-AM	Charlotte, North Carolina	April 10, 1922	AM 1110 kHz	Class-A
8XK	KDKA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1916	AM 1020 kHz	75 watts (1916), Class-A (1920-present)
KDKA	KDKA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	October 27, 1920 (May have aired as 8ZZ that night)	AM 1020 kHz	Class-A (Clear channel)
XWA	CINW	Montreal, Quebec	December 1, 1919 (Experimental), May 20, 1920	AM 940 kHz	Class-A (Clear channel)
8MK	WWJ-AM	Detroit, Michigan	August 20, 1920	AM 950 kHz	Class-B
CFCO	CFCO	Chatham, Ontario/Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada	September, 1927	AM 630 kHz	Class-B
W2XDA (Schenectady)/W2XOY (New Scotland), later WGFM	WRVE	Schenectady, New York	1939, Nov. 20 1940 as WGFM	Originally on FM 48.5 mHz, now FM 99.5	Unknown
W1XOJ	WAAF	Westborough, Massachusetts / Boston, Massachusetts	1937	FM 107.3 MHz, (Simulcasts on 97.7 MHz)	Unknown
W47NV	WSM-FM	Nashville, Tennessee	March 1, 1945	FM 95.5 MHz, (Not original frequency)	Unknown
FN/SJN/6XF/6XE/KQW	KCBS	San Jose, California/San Francisco, California	1909, 1921 (officially granted experimental license as KQW)	AM 740 kHz	Class-B
2XI	WGY-AM	Albany, New York	1915?	AM 810 kHz	Class-A
9ZP		Pierre, South Dakota	1915?
2XG		New York City, New York	1916	Unknown	Unknown
1XE		Boston, Massachusetts
2XN		City College of New York, New York City, New York
2ZK		New Rochelle, New York
WWV US Government Time Service	WWV	Fort Collins, Colorado	"6 months before KDKA" (May 1920)	2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz and 20 MHz	Unknown
9XM	WHA-AM	University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin	1916?	AM 970 kHz	Class-B