[BC] KDKA/KQV

[David Kaye]

--- On Mon, 6/25/12, Frank Gottlieb <FrankGott at aol.com> wrote:

> Donna, for future reference please note that 8ZAE/KQV
> predated KDKA by at least a year in its hometown of
> Pittsburgh.  Look it up in any edition of the late,
> lamented Broadcasting Yearbook.

Not this again.  KCBS, aka KQW, aka San Jose Calling predates them all as the first broadcast station, launching in April 1909.  

Link:  http://www.charlesherrold.org/

How many firsts?  The first to use radio for broadcasting rather than narrowcasting (ship-to-shore); the first DJ show; the first sponsor (a music store that provided records to the station); the first female DJ (Sybil True, Charles Herrold's wife)...