Birth of public radio broadcasting is credited to Lee de Forest. A 1907 Lee De Forest company advertisement said,
| “ | It will soon be possible to distribute grand opera music from transmitters placed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House by a Radio Telephone station on the roof to almost any dwelling in Greater New York and vicinity... The same applies to large cities. Church music, lectures, etc., can be spread abroad by the Radio Telephone. | ” |
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