On This Day in Telephone History June 21ST 1923 First radio address by a United States President. President Warren G. Harding’s speech, “The World Court” was broadcast in New York and Washington DC over American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) radio stations WEAF and WCAP. As part of his tour of the Western United States, Harding broadcasted his speech in St. Louis, MO on radio station KSD at 10 p.m. This was the first time radio stations were networked for a simultaneous broadcast of a Presidential speech to multiple locations around the nation. Harding reached an estimated one million Americans, more than any other President had at this point in time.

On This Day in Telephone History June 21ST 1923

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On This Day in Telephone History June 21ST 1923 First radio address by a United States President. President Warren G. Harding’s speech, “The World Court” was broadcast in New York and Washington DC over American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) radio stations WEAF and WCAP. As part of his tour of the Western United States, Harding broadcasted his speech in St. Louis, MO on radio station KSD at 10 p.m. This was the first time radio stations were networked for a simultaneous broadcast of a Presidential speech to multiple locations around the nation. Harding reached an estimated one million Americans, more than any other President had at this point in time.