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The First Ever Vocal Radio Broadcast On ... PRO
Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Dec 26, 2005 (message contributor)
- The first ever vocal radio broadcast on December 24, 1906
- Consisted of a reading from Luke chapter two.
- A Canadian engineer and inventor, Reginald Fessenden - 1866-1932
- The eldest son of an Anglican minister growing up near Niagra Falls
On Christmas Eve, 1906, from his workshop in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Fessenden sent the Morse message "CQ....CQ", alerting all ships at sea to expect an important transmission. When the telegraphers had assembled in their shipboard radio shacks, they heard the unimaginable: The sound of the human voice! . Fessenden, at this moment spoke for the first ever a vocal radio broadcast. He read from Lk. 2 including, "Glory to God in the highest -and on earth peace to men of...
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Life At Its Best An Extensive Survey Was ... PRO
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It's Time To Make New Year Resolutions. Have ... PRO
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A Young Man Was At A New Year's Party. He Asks ... PRO
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