1921 in Radio - Events

Events

  • 2 January: The first religious broadcast is made by Dr. E. J. Van Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church on the Pittsburgh station KDKA.
  • 3 January: The first vocal weather forecast is made by station 9XM (now WHA), at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. They had been broadcasting Morse code weather bulletins since 1917.
  • 18 February: Warren G. Harding becomes the first U.S. president-elect to be heard on radio when he makes an appearance on KDKA.
  • 4 March: The first Presidential inauguration is broadcast from Washington, D.C., by KDKA.
  • 10 March: The first broadcast of live opera/theater in history is on the air from KDKA at Pittsburgh's Davis Theater.
  • 11 April: The world's first ever sports broadcast is made on KDKA by Florent Gibson of the Pittsburgh Star newspaper. The commentary is of a fight between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee at Motor Square Garden in Pittsburgh.
  • 2 July: The first broadcast of a World Heavyweight bout is on the air from Jersey City, New Jersey, via KDKA.
  • 5 August: The first broadcast of a baseball game is on the air from KDKA as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 8–5 at Forbes Field.
  • 20 September: The first "news room" and "news department" in broadcast history is created by KDKA and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  • 8 October: The first broadcast of American football is on the air via KDKA as the University of Pittsburgh defeats West Virginia University at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field.
  • 27 November: U.S. bandleader Vincent Lopez & group begins a weekly 90-minute music show on Westinghouse-owned station WJZ in Newark, New Jersey (later WABC New York).

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