"This is KDKA, of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We shall now broadcast the election returns." Those were the words read by Leo Rosenburg on November 2, 1920, making it the very first commercial radio broadcast in HISTORY! This video is an "audio only" clip of that actual broadcast 96 years ago! | The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating History of Pittsburgh
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