Turtle Creek in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Radio Station KDKA

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 3, 2023

1. Radio Station KDKA Marker

In its updated location

Inscription. World's first commercial station began operating November 2, 1920, when KDKA reported Harding-Cox election returns from a makeshift studio at the East Pittsburgh Works of Westinghouse. Music, sports, talks, and special events were soon being regularly aired.

Erected 1990 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is November 2, 1764.

Location. 40° 24.139′ N, 79° 49.904′ W. Marker is in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is on Braddock Avenue north of Electric Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Previously located outside KDKA radio and television studio in Gateway Center. Marker is now located at RIDC in Turtle Creek. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Turtle Creek PA 15145, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: St Colman School (approx. 0.3 miles away); "We Remember" (approx. 0.4 miles away); Turtle Creek Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Parkway Steps

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(approx. half a mile away); George Westinghouse (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); John Dayton Rodgers VFW Post 6681 Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Westinghouse Atom Smasher (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Turtle Creek.

Also see . . .
1. Radio Station KDKA (AM). Wikipedia (Submitted on February 18, 2011.)

2. Radio Station KDKA - Behind the Marker. (Submitted on June 29, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 3, 2023

2. Radio Station KDKA Marker

In its updated location

A portrait of Belva Lockwood Poole France image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Frank L. France, June 11, 1914

3. A portrait of Belva Lockwood Poole France

Belva Lockwood Poole France was the wife of the amateur photographer from West Middletown, Frank L. France. She was educated in voice and sang in light opera on the night program for KDKA in 1920. This photograph is housed in the collection of the Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life in Avella, PA. Courtesy: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania

First Full-Time Radio Announcer in the World image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Unknown

4. First Full-Time Radio Announcer in the World

Harold W. Arlin shown as he looked in the early 1920's. He did the first play-by-play of baseball and football and introduced many noted persons in their radio debuts on KDKA.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,237 times since then and 35 times this year. It was the Marker of the Week October 27, 2019. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 4, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3, 4. submitted on July 7, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.