1922 was a boom year for radio in the USA and many stations are celebrating their 100th anniversaries with special programmes this Spring/Summer 2022. It is hard to be sure when stations might celebrate. Maybe when they got their license, perhaps the date of their first broadcast. This will need some detective work. Some stations have celebrated with radio programmes, videos and modified logos.
A rare handful are still using the original callsign they were issued with in 1922.
Here is a list of licenses issued in April/May 100 years ago:
Licenced Current Location Original callsign
04/12/1922 KUFO – 970 Portland, OR KQP
04/17/1922 WJBO – 1150 Baton Rouge, LA WAAB
04/17/1922 KNBR – 680 San Francisco, CA KPO
04/19/1922 KCRO – 660 Omaha, NE WAAW
04/21/1922 KSL – 1160 Salt Lake City, UT KZN
04/22/1922 KKDZ – 1250 Seattle, WA KTW
04/25/1922 WSOY – 1340 Decatur, IL WBAO
04/26/1922 WBAP – 820 Fort Worth, TX WBAP
04/28/1922 WOI – 640 Ames, IA WOI
04/29/1922 WTVN – 610 Columbus, OH WBAV
04/29/1922 WBAX – 1240 Wilkes-Barre, PA WBAX
05/03/1922 KNEW – 910 Oakland, CA KLX
05/03/1922 WTAE – 1250 Pittsburgh, PA WCAE
05/04/1922 WJR – 760 Detroit, MI WCX
05/08/1922 WCAO – 600 Baltimore, MD WCAO
05/08/1922 KFNZ – 1320 Salt Lake City, UT KDYL
05/09/1922 KTSA – 550 San Antonio, TX WCAR
05/10/1922 WPHT – 1210 Philadelphia, PA WCAU
05/10/1922 WHB – 710 Kansas City, MO WHB
05/13/1922 WVMT – 620 Burlington, VT WCAX
05/13/1922 WBNS – 1460 Columbus, OH WCAH
05/15/1922 WDAE – 1250 Tampa, FL WDAE
05/15/1922 WTMJ – 620 Milwaukee, WI WCAY
05/15/1922 WCAZ – 990 Carthage, IL WCAZ
05/16/1922 WDAF – 610 Kansas City, MO WDAF
05/16/1922 KGNC – 710 Amarillo, TX WDAG
05/19/1922 WFAN – 660 New York, NY WDAM
05/19/1922 KEEL – 710 Shreveport, LA WDAN
05/19/1922 WGN – 720 Chicago, IL WDAP
05/23/1922 KMPS – 1300 Seattle, WA KDZE
05/23/1922 WDAY – 970 Fargo, ND WDAY
05/25/1922 WFDF – 910 Flint, MI WEAA
05/26/1922 KFH – 1330 Wichita, KS WEAH
05/27/1922 WHCU – 870 Ithaca, NY WEAI
05/31/1922 KHOW – 630 Denver, CO KDZQ
This is extracted from a list I found online some time ago – the source I can no longer locate. So apologies for lack of credit.
Steve Whitt to Medium Wave Circle FB group (2022-04-12)