re: #25 Decatur Deb

KDKA has the most senior commercial license, made its first broadcast of an election in the 1920s. That’s why it and Pittsburgh rival KQV have “K” callsigns though they are East of the Mississippi, in “W” country. They antedate the distinction.

Public Radio in Wisconsin had very early licenses - 9XM starting in June 1915 broadcasting weather reports to farmers via morse code. They were forced to shutdown during WWI because, I guess, the Germans would be helped by hearing the weather in southern Wisconsin. They experimented with early voice after the war and got the sign WX3 then in 1920 became 9XM again till June 22 when they became WHA that it has been broadcasting as ever since. WHA is talk radio these days (AM) but they have classical and jazz broadcasts on FM too.