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100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election – politics would never be the same
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Radio, America in the 1920s, Primary Sources for Teachers, America in Class, National Humanities Center
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Baseball on the Radio in the 1920s and '30s: Blackouts and Bubble Gum – Society for American Baseball Research
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