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Frank Conrad was born on May 4th, 1874 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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Conrad joins the westinghouse electrical and manufacturing company as an apprentice at the age of 16.
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Conrad first became interested in radio when he had a bet with his co worker about whos watch could tell the time better. Conrad won because he secretly switched his cheap watch componets with a more expensive watches components. Conrad built a radio reciever to pick up the national reservitory time signals.
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In the summer of 1916 Frank Conrad had an experimental radio station built on the top floor of his two story garage with the callsign 8XK.
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America enters WW1 orders all civillian radio stations silenced.
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he was responsible for the first post war radio broadcast were he would play phonograph records.
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On October 1st, 1920 the civillian radio ban is lifted.
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Put out the Westinghouse Election succesfully across all radios across East Pittsburgh called station 8ZZ. Would eventually become called KDKA
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conrad Broadcasts the results for the Harding- Cox Election.
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Relcensed his radio station making him once again able to broadcast.
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On Novemeber 6th Frank Conrad had a heart attack and died December 10th.
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In todays age 93% of Americans listen to the radio on a daily baisis.
