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October 28, 2020 9:26 am  #1


Buffalo "Radio Station" Was On Air At Same Time As KDKA 100 Yrs. Ago

According to the Buffalo News, it's true - but it all depends on what you define as a radio station. It turns out the Buffalo News, soon to be founder of WBEN, was using the experimental technology to broadcast the same election results on the same night that made KDKA's Nov. 2, 1920 efforts so historic. 

Buffalo’s forgotten role in the birth of modern mass media 100 years ago