1922 in radio
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Years in film: | 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 |
Years in television: | 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 |
Years in radio: | 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s |
Years: | 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 |
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[edit] Events
- February 19 - Ed Wynn becomes the first big vaudeville star to join radio.
- February 27 - The first National Radio Conference, led by Herbert Hoover, is held in Washington, D.C.
- March 22 - Variety magazine prints as its front-page headline "Radio Sweeping Country - 1,000,000 Sets in Use".
- June 14 - Warren G. Harding becomes the first United States president heard live on radio, when he dedicates the Francis Scott Key Memorial over the Baltimore radio station WEAR. He was also the first president to own a radio.