[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 172 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL RADIO

  (Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the 
Congressional Broadcasters Caucus and a former radio sports announcer, 
I would like to acknowledge and celebrate that this year is the 100th 
anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast.
  In fact, it was in my home State of Pennsylvania that station KDKA 
made the first commercial broadcast. This revolutionary idea brought 
news to people before they had to read about it in the newspaper.
  For a century now, radio broadcasts have crossed towns, cities, and 
States across our Nation to bring us the sense of kinship we have come 
to expect from stations that are invested in our communities.
  We are looking forward to the next 100 years of radio entertaining, 
connecting, and informing Americans.

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