Firsts in Detroit

[Gsgeorge]

First radio station, depending on what source you believe.

More on this, Ed?

These are all great! keep them coming. Here is another, maybe a stretch...

- 1929 - The Ambassador Bridge is the first longest suspension bridge in the world to span an international boundary.

[Ravine]

More on this, Ed?

These are all great! keep them coming. Here is another, maybe a stretch...

- 1929 - The Ambassador Bridge is the first longest suspension bridge in the world to span an international boundary.

WWJ [[950 AM) claims to be the first radio station, but maybe Ed was hedging because he suspects [[as do I) that such a claim could be the subject of endless debate.

And you know how much we hate endless debates, around here.
*ahem*

[LodgeDodger]

WWJ [[950 AM) claims to be the first radio station, but maybe Ed was hedging because he suspects [[as do I) that such a claim could be the subject of endless debate.

And you know how much we hate endless debates, around here.
*ahem*

Yeah, they're some of the most sustainable things around here...

[Ed Golick]

WWJ [[950 AM) claims to be the first radio station, but maybe Ed was hedging because he suspects [[as do I) that such a claim could be the subject of endless debate.

From this article: http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/wwj1.htm

Several have challenged WWJ’s claim as the first commercial radio station, foremost is KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which began broadcasting on November 2, 1920 [[nearly 11 weeks after WWJ. KDKA did receive the first commercial license from the government on October 27, 1920 nearly a year before WWJ received their license from the government. However, the father of radio, famed inventor Lee DeForest, appears to have settled the dispute in 1936 when he said: "On the night of August 20, 1920, the first commercial radio station in all the world was opened. And every night and every day since that momentous beginning WWJ has maintained this service."