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The title of Oldest Radio Station is a controversial one, but can be assumed from several in Europe (particularly of England and Germany), and in the United States and Canada.
Several potential contenders for the title of "Oldest radio station" are listed below:
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Table of Experimental Radio Stations | |||||||||
| Radio Call-sign (Original) |
Radio Call-sign (Current) |
City/Location | On Air | Broadcast Frequency (AM Radio / FM Radio) |
Broadcast class | ||||
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| (Marconi experimental station with a regular news service) | Chelmsford, Essex, England | February 23, 1920 | AM 107 kHz | 15 kW | |||||
| 6ADZ | KHJ-AM | Los Angeles, California | Summer 1920, granted license 1922 | AM 930 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| 4XD | WBT-AM | Charlotte, North Carolina | April 10, 1922 | AM 1110 kHz | Class-A | ||||
| WIP-AM | WIP-AM | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | March 17, 1922 | AM 610 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| 8XK | KDKA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1916 | AM 1020 kHz | 75 watts (1916), Class-A (1920-present) | ||||
| KDKA | KDKA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | October 27, 1920 (May have aired as 8ZZ that night) | AM 1020 kHz | Class-A (Clear channel) | ||||
| XWA | CINW | Montreal, Quebec | December 1, 1919 (Experimental), May 20, 1920 |
AM 940 kHz | Class-A (Clear channel) | ||||
| 8MK | WWJ-AM | Detroit, Michigan | August 20, 1920 | AM 950 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| CFCO | CFCO | Chatham, Ontario/Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada | September, 1927 | AM 630 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| W2XDA (Schenectady)/W2XOY (New Scotland), later WGFM | WRVE | Schenectady, New York | 1939, Nov. 20 1940 as WGFM | Originally on FM 48.5 mHz, now FM 99.5 | Unknown | ||||
| W1XOJ | WAAF | Westborough, Massachusetts / Boston, Massachusetts | 1937 | FM 107.3 MHz, (Simulcasts on 97.7 MHz) |
Unknown | ||||
| W47NV | WSM-FM | Nashville, Tennessee | March 1, 1945 | FM 95.5 MHz, (Not original frequency) |
Unknown | ||||
| FN/SJN/6XF/6XE/KQW | KCBS | San Jose, California/San Francisco, California | 1909, 1921 (officially granted experimental license as KQW) | AM 740 kHz | Class-B | ||||
| 2XI | WGY-AM | Albany, New York | 1915? | AM 810 kHz | Class-A | ||||
| 9ZP | Pierre, South Dakota | 1915? | |||||||
| 2XG | New York City, New York | 1916 | Unknown | Unknown | |||||
| 1XE | Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||
| 2XN | City College of New York, New York City, New York | ||||||||
| 2ZK | New Rochelle, New York | ||||||||
| WWV US Government Time Service | WWV | Fort Collins, Colorado | "6 months before KDKA" (May 1920) | 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz and 20 MHz | Unknown | ||||
| 9XM | WHA-AM | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin | 1916? | AM 970 kHz | Class-B | ||||
See also
Individual Stations
External links
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