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100th Anniversary of the 1st Professional Baseball Game Radio Broadcast

SPECIAL EVENT

08/07/2021

KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA is the longest continuously scheduled commercial broadcast radio station in the world and holds many “firsts” in radio history. The first radio broadcast of a professional baseball game was on KDKA on August 5, 1921, from Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. BCARPSG will celebrate this centennial milestone with a special event station from Roebling Park in Saxonburg, near the site of KDKA mediumwave and W8XK shortwave transmitters in the 1930’s. A commemorative QSL is available via BCARPSG, P.O. Box 141, Prospect, PA 16052. Please send SASE. Donations gratefully accepted.

Aug 7, 1200Z-2359Z, KD3KA, Saxonburg, PA. Butler County Amateur Radio Public Service Group. 7.040 7.240 14.040 14.240. QSL. BCARPSG, P.O. Box 141, Prospect, PA 16052. KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA is the longest continuously scheduled commercial broadcast radio station in the world and holds many “firsts” in radio history. The first radio broadcast of a professional baseball game was on KDKA on August 5, 1921, from Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. BCARPSG will celebrate this centennial milestone with a special event station from Roebling Park in Saxonburg, near the site of KDKA mediumwave and W8XK shortwave transmitters in the 1930’s. A commemorative QSL is available via BCARPSG, P.O. Box 141, Prospect, PA 16052. Please send SASE. Donations gratefully accepted. https://www.kdka100.org



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