I read with interest the debate over the KDKA centenary. I appreciate that many individuals and organizations were involved in the origins of what we now know as broadcasting. But I feel that a few ...
A photo from inside the KDKA radio facility in 1920. Pittsburgh is the site of the first commercial radio broadcast, which marks its centennial anniversary on Nov. 2. To commemorate the event, the ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates completed a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with an 8-5 win Aug. 5, 1921, at Forbes Field. Among the attendees, so the story goes, was Harold W. Arlin, announcer for KDKA, ...
Winthrop “Win” Baker Jr., 71, the former president of the Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. who turned to running elegant, antique-filled bed and breakfasts, died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: William F. Baker was a President for the WNET-TV, New York with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1983 House Committee as a President for the ...