About: Birth of public radio broadcasting

Birth of public radio broadcasting is credited to Lee de Forest. A 1907 Lee De Forest company advertisement said, “ It will soon be possible to distribute grand opera music from transmitters placed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House by a Radio Telephone station on the roof to almost any dwelling in Greater New York and vicinity... The same applies to large cities. Church music, lectures, etc. , can be spread abroad by the Radio Telephone. ”