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Today In Radio History

November 30

On this day in 1924, the first photo facsimile was transmitted across the Atlantic by radio.

On this day in 1929, Dick Clark, famous for "American Bandstand" on television and countless "countdown" shows on Radio, was born.

On this day in 1930, G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate felon and radio talk-show host, was born.

On this day in 1966, the radio time signal, WWV, moved from Greenbelt, Maryland to Boulder, Colorado.

On this day in 1988, the Soviet Union stopped jamming Radio Liberty for the first time in 38 years.

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