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Why It Is OpenAt least three other stations made audio transmissions of election returns that same evening (the Detroit News's "Detroit News Radiophone" service, amateur station 8MK, plus a Saint Louis Post-Dispatch arrangement and a Buffalo Evening News broadcast), and earlier scheduled transmissions already existed, Lee de Forest's 2XG from late 1916 and Charles Herrold's San Jose station from 1912. 1 What Would Resolve ThisAn agreed scholarly definition of what counts as a qualifying broadcast: a regular published schedule versus a one-off transmission, and a licensed commercial station versus an amateur one. 1 Discipline Needed Question Status Reader Facing Open Question
At least three other stations made audio transmissions of election returns that same evening (the Detroit News's "Detroit News Radiophone" service, amateur station 8MK, plus a Saint Louis Post-Dispatch arrangement and a Buffalo Evening News broadcast), and earlier scheduled transmissions already existed, Lee de Forest's 2XG from late 1916 and Charles Herrold's San Jose station from 1912.
What would resolve this An agreed scholarly definition of what counts as a qualifying broadcast: a regular published schedule versus a one-off transmission, and a licensed commercial station versus an amateur one.
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that evening at least three other stations made audio transmissions of election returns, including the Detroit News's "Detroit News Radiophone" service
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