On This Day in Telephone History August 22ND 1922 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) brought advertising to American radio when their New York City radio station, WEAF, began selling time for “toll broadcasting.” Its first radio commercial, broadcast on August 22, 1922, was a 15-minute real-estate ad offering apartments in Jackson Heights, Queens.

On This Day in Telephone History August 22ND 1922

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On This Day in Telephone History August 22ND 1922 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) brought Advertising to American Radio when their New York City radio station, WEAF, began selling time for “toll broadcasting.”

Its first radio commercial was a 15-minute real-estate ad offering apartments in Jackson Heights, Queens.

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