[BC] Another history question

[Barry Mishkind]

At 06:00 PM 12/26/05, Donna Halper wrote

>>Wille asked--
>>
>>Which boils down to the original question: Who got on, first?
>
>Famous First Facts agrees with me and gives it to 8MK (today WWJ)-- 
>it was on the air with a regular schedule on 20 August 1920 and 
>dedicated the studios on 31 August.  I have the microfilm of 
>newspaper reports.  I have anecdotal evidence to support 1XE (later 
>WGI), including the eye-witness account of a reporter (Lewis 
>Whitcomb) who went on to become program director at a station that 
>was in direct competition with WGI but even when he was their 
>competitor, he continued to tell everyone that WGI had been on the 
>air *at least* two months prior to the famous KDKA first 
>broadcast.  XWA in Montreal (later CFCF) was on the air in December 1919.

         ... and then there was Herrold's station....

         ... with no PR department.