June 13, 1924, 100 years ago. Article in the Long Beach Press radio page. Hometown radio station KFON at 1280 on the dial with 100-watts, put a local Boy Scout on the air at 9 p.m. to sound taps on his bugle, for the Boy Scouts of Long Beach at the summer camp on Catalina Island.
The Boys Scouts of Long Beach, CA had a licensed amateur radio station in 1924. They also started broadcasting station KFMY on 1310 kilocycles with 20 watts of power. But that station lasted only from January until June of 1924. Hal Nichols, owner of KFON, the Echophone Radio Shop station, had allowed the local boy scouts to broadcast their own program of Boy Scout news on KFON every Friday for 30 minutes since March of 1924.
Jim Hilliker to The Boss Radio Group FB group (2024-06-14)