Today in History

May 13, 1939

The First FM Radio Station

On May 13, 1939, WDRC signed on to the air on FM radio bandwidth, the first commercial FM radio station. Unlike AM radio frequencies, FM bandwidths and broadcasting technique allowed high fidelity and stereo broadcasts. It took many years for FM broadcasting to become the accepted norm in the United States but it eventually overtook AM broadcasting as the preferred media for radio music.

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