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aug 24, 1919 - First federally licensed radio station

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In 1919, University of Wisconsin professors began an amateur wireless station later known as WHA, the first federally licensed radio station
dedicated to educational broadcasting (Engel, 1936).

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aug 24, 1919
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~ 106 years ago