Video: 'The First Radio Commerical'

(Monday, August 28, 1922, 5:15 p.m. EDT) — WEAF (now WFAN) of New York City, owned by the Western Electric subsidiary of AT&T, made the first-ever broadcast of an advertisement today — a radio commercial for a newly opened Queensboro Apartments complex in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, near the just-completed #7 subway line. Continue reading WEAF in New York City makes first-ever broadcast of a radio commercial 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1922) →