![]() ![]() The first broadcast station authorized in the Washington area was WJH, the White & Boyer Company, on December 8, 1921. The stations eventually settled their dispute, after receiving bad publicity nationwide for their lack of civic-mindedness. During December, 1922 WDM and WJH started transmitting simultaneously on 360 meters on Sunday evenings, drowning each other out. The single entertainment wavelength meant that stations were supposed to negotiate timesharing agreements, to keep from interfering with each other. (In the Washington area only WIAY and WQAW ever received an authorization for 485 meters). In December, 1921 the Commerce Department formally established a broadcast service, with 360 meters (833 kilohertz) set aside for entertainment broadcasts, and 485 meters (619 khz) designated for official government market and weather reports. In the Washington area a number of government stations, including the Navy's NAA in Arlington, Virginia and NOF in Anacostia, D.C., and the Bureau of Standard's WWV plus the Post Office's WWX, both in Washington, were the first area stations to conduct pioneering experimental broadcasts. ![]() Frequency Charts for DC-area AM Stationsįirst off, an overview of broadcasting over the last near-century years, and how it relates to the Washington area: 1912 to 1926 - Beginning in 1912, radio was regulated by the Bureau of Navigation of the Department of Commerce.This is a brief review of the AM (mediumwave) stations which have operated in the greater Washington, DC area, from 1921 to January 4, 2023.
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