Not until the spring of 1920 will Frank Conrad of the Westinghouse Company of East Pittsburgh, who has been sending out phonograph music and baseball scores from the barn which he has rigged up as a spare-time research station, find that so many amateur wireless operators are listening to them that a Pittsburgh newspaper has had the bright idea of advertising radio equipment “which may be used by those who listen to Dr. Conrad’s programs.” And not until this advertisement appears will the Westinghouse officials decide to open the first broadcasting station in history in order to stimulate the
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