[BC] Another history question

[Donna Halper]

>Tom asked--
>
>      We what you have researched, and Barry and Scott, it would be 
> interesting to tie it all together on one of Barry's pages for claims for 
> the first broadcast. Which then begs the question? What constitutes a 
> broadcast? Many amateur radio operators talked to their neighborhood. 
> (LPAM?) Is it the first station to have a license? First to charge air 
> time? First to have news? First to accept payola (!)?

First to broadcast an annoying commercial!!!  Actually, I always thought 
the criteria included having a regular schedule, programming for a "mass" 
audience (as opposed to personal communication, such as on a telephone), 
broadcasting news and music... stuff like that.  And that would mean little 
1XE in Medford Hillside MA, 8MK in Detroit, and KDKA *all* fit those 
criteria.  So did several other stations, based on what I've read and 
studied about that era-- XWA in Montreal for example.