List of the world's oldest radio stations
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The title of Oldest Radio Station is a controversial one, but can be assumed from several in Europe (particularly of the UK and Germany), and in the United States and Canada.
Several potential contenders for the title of "Oldest radio station" are listed below, organized by sign-on date:
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[edit] Table of Experimental Radio Stations (AM) |
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| Radio Call-sign (Original) |
Radio Call-sign (Current) |
City/Location | On Air | Broadcast Frequency (AM Radio / FM Radio) |
Broadcast class | ||||
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| (Reginald Fessenden experimental alternator station) | Brant Rock, Massachusetts , United States | December 21 , 1906 (Audio tests from various locations from as early as 1900) | AM 50 kHz (aprox) | ? W | |||||
| FN/SJN/6XF/6XE/KQW | KCBS | San Jose, California/San Francisco, California | 1909, 1921 (officially granted experimental license as KQW, become commercial in 1921, and KCBS in 1949) | 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 | |||||
| 8XK | KDKA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1916 | AM 1020 kHz | 75 watts (1916), Class-A (1920-present) | ||||
| Irish rebel station | RTE (First radio studio) | General Post Office, Sackville Street (O'Connell Street), Dublin, Ireland | April 24, 1916 | morse code only (Despite this claimed by some to be "worlds first broadcast" as transmission not aimed at specific target)) | converted ship transmitter | ||||
| 9XM | WHA-AM | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin | 1916? | AM 970 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| (Experimental Czech tests) | Petřínská rozhledna (Petřín Lookout Tower), Prague, Czechoslovakia | October 28, 1919 | AM ??? kHz | ?? kW | |||||
| XWA | CINW | Montreal, Quebec | December 1, 1919 (Experimental), May 20, 1920 |
AM 940 kHz | Class-A (Clear channel) | ||||
| ("2MT" Marconi experimental station with a regular news service) | Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, England | February 23, 1920 | AM 107 kHz | 15 kW | |||||
| LOR Radio Argentina | LOR | Buenos Aires, Argentina | August 26, 1920 | ||||||
| 6ADZ | KHJ-AM | Los Angeles, California | Summer 1920, granted license 1922 | AM 930 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| KDKA | KDKA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | October 27, 1920 (May have aired as 8ZZ that night) | AM 1020 kHz | Class-A (Clear channel) | ||||
| 8MK | WWJ-AM | Detroit, Michigan | August 20, 1920 | AM 950 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| WIP-AM | WIP-AM | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | March 17, 1922 | AM 610 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| 4XD | WBT-AM | Charlotte, North Carolina | April 10, 1922 | AM 1110 kHz | Class-A | ||||
| Regular Czech service | Prague-Kbely | Prague-Kbely, Czechoslovakia | May 18, 1923? | "Long wave" | article | ||||
| CFCO | CFCO | Chatham, Ontario/Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada | September, 1927 | AM 630 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| 1XE | Boston, Massachusetts | Unknown | |||||||
| 2XN | City College of New York, New York City, New York | Unknown | |||||||
| 2ZK | New Rochelle, New York | Unknown | |||||||
[edit] Table of Experimental Radio Stations (FM and Shortwave) |
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| Radio Call-sign (Original) |
Radio Call-sign (Current) |
City/Location | On Air | Broadcast Frequency (AM Radio / FM Radio) |
Broadcast class | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| G2NM[1] | Caterham, Surrey, England | September 11, 1927 | 23 and 33 meters | 1 kW | |||||
| W8HX (later WBEN-FM) | WYRK | Buffalo, New York | 1934 | Currently 106.5 MHz | Unknown | ||||
| W1XOJ | WAAF | Westborough, Massachusetts / Boston, Massachusetts | 1937 | FM 107.3 MHz, (Simulcasts on 97.7 MHz) |
Unknown | ||||
| W1XPW, briefly W65H | WDRC-FM | Hartford, Connecticut | 1939 | 102.9 FM | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| W47NV | WSM-FM | Nashville, Tennessee | March 1, 1945 | FM 95.5 MHz, (Not original frequency) |
Unknown | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Individual Stations
[edit] References
- ^ Clarricoats, John (1967). World at their fingertips, pub. RSGB, pp. 130-132
[edit] External links
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