Which radio station first broadcasted a song?

(Sorry, I don’t. It’s broadcast)

I would guess the first song was broadcast on KDKA in Pittsburgh, at least in the US, as it was the first commercial radio station in America. Who the performers were, what they performed, and when it was broadcast, is beyond me.

Woo Pittsburgh! (Pittsburgh Native) KDKA was the first to broadcast, but I don’t know about music!

This sounds like a very interesting question, and I wish I knew the answer. However, it would be broadcast, not broadcasted

Hrrm; mangeons, please read first answer, if I say so myself. Then we may eat.

@gail: yeah I saw afterwards. Spelling and grammar errors are my pet peeve. And yes, then we eat en francais.

A table.

mangeons aller a la piscine souvent.

avec des amis =)

(va?)

Didn’t know about KDKA. Where they first in the US or in the world?

@gailcalled, @mangeons How come it is ‘broadcast’ and not ’ broadcasted’? Can’t both express past sense?

ps. noticed that I spelled ‘were’ wrong in the post above. ;)

Apparently the first song ever broadcast was “O Holy Night”, and it was broadcast by Reginald Fessenden. He apparently was the first to come up with a way for sending voice and music over a wireless transmission – on 24 December, 1906. http://bit.ly/BTGC

I still don’t know which radio station that was the first to broadcast a song but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was KDKA.

@anthelios I don’t know, but it’s just not the proper way to spell it/say it. :)

@mangeons – Haha, that didn’t help me much. :D The problem is that I was first taught British English in school, in Sweden, and later on I lived for two years in the US before moving back home to Sweden. Hence, my present use of English is probably a mismatch of grammatical rules from both English languages. Throw in some laziness, confusion and misconceptions to that pot as well. ^^

I’ll look into it though and see if I can’t find the reason. Maybe I’ll post it as a question. :)

Current usage for active verb uses “broadcast” for the past tense. You can use “was broadcasted” as a verb or past participle but it will sound awkward, although correct.

Oh, cast is an irregular verb.. that explains the strange usage.

Thanks guys for putting me back on the ‘straight and narrow’. :)

1906, O Holy Night, Brant Rock Station, MA.

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Canadian. (From Quebec)

http://books.google.com/books?id=XqcAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA315&dq=clifden+marconi&lr=&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=clifden%20marconi&f=false

Nice! Thanks for that @hallydayfan.