U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for November 2: First Scheduled Radio Broadcast

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for November 2: First Scheduled Radio Broadcast

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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FIRST SCHEDULED RADIO BROADCAST

Profile America -- Monday, November 2nd. Even with all of our electronic diversions, many of us listen to radio at some point every day. The wide variety of formats means we can choose our favorite type of music, and radio keeps us up to the minute on news and weather. The presidential election held on this date 95 years ago was the occasion of the first commercial radio broadcast. Station KDKA in Pittsburgh carried the results, in which Warren G. Harding defeated the ticket of James Cox and his vice-presidential nominee Franklin Roosevelt, whose famous radio days lay ahead. Just two years later, that first station was joined by 400 others as the popularity of radio swept the nation. Today, there are some 6,700 radio broadcast establishments, employing over 94,000 people. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources:
Election of 1920: http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/nfexpe.html
First broadcast: http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/03/08/kdkas-historic-broadcast/
Radio broadcasting and employment/NAICS 51511:
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=BP_2013_00A1&prodType=table

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).

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CONTACT: Rick Reed of the U.S. Census Bureau, +1-301-763-2812, fax: +1-301-763-3762, richard.thomas.reed-at-census.gov

Web Site: http://www.census.gov


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