The first radio news program was broadcast August 31, 1920 by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan, which survives today as all - news format station WWJ under ownership of the CBS network. The first college radio station began broadcasting on October 14, 1920 from Union College, Schenectady, New York under the personal call letters of Wendell King, an African - American student at the school.
who made radio possible to the masses in 1920
station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan Union College, Schenectady, New York