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Event date: February 08, 1924  

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Coast-to-coast radio

The first coast-to-coast radio broadcast takes place on this day in 1924. Bell Telephone's vice president and chief of research spoke at a meeting of the Bond Men's Club in a Chicago hotel. The speech was broadcast in Providence, New York, Washington, Oakland, and San Francisco and was heard by some 50 million people.
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