HARDING'S STATE OF UNION TRANSMITTED ACROSS NATION VIA RADIO-TELEPHONE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 8, 1922, President Warren G. Harding delivered his State of the Union message to the Congress of the United States at the Capitol.
The President "for the first time...had his voice transmitted by radio-telephone to people in all parts of the country."
According to a report in the Evening Star, Mr. Harding spoke "on the most pressing legislative needs of the American government."
The First Lady listened to the address in the Library at the Executive Mansion. The broadcast was transmitted on the 412 meter wave length.
JFK+50 NOTE
The first presidential address transmitted over radio-telephone was Mr. Harding's speech before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, May 18, 1922.The broadcast was transmitted from the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D.C.
The 1st State of the Union message to be televised was by President Truman, Jan 6 1947. The 1st to be televised in color was by LBJ, Jan 12 1966 & the 1st to be televised in high definition was by GWB, Jan 20, 2004.
SOURCE
"President's Voice Wafted^ Over U.S.," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 8, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
^waft(ed) to pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as through the air
