MUSIC FROM THE SAVOY IN LONDON HEARD OVER RADIO IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On March 15, 1925, The Sunday Star reports that "thousands of radio listeners" here in the Nation's Capital heard last evening "a program of dance music" originating from the Savoy Hotel* in London.
A British broadcasting station's feed was broadcast in the Washington area via local station WRC.
The Star says...
"This experiment...was the first in the history of radio broadcasting where a program in a foreign country has been successfully rebroadcast in the United States."
JFK+50 NOTE
The experiment was arranged and conducted by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Twenty-five kilowatts of power was used in sending the radio signal from Chelmsford, England to Belfast, Maine.
*The Savoy Hotel opened in London in 1889 & became the first hotel in Great Britain to use electric lights. It was known as 'London's Most Famous Hotel."
SOURCE
"London Radio Music Thrills Thousands of Listeners Here," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., March 15, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
