Frank Conrad's guest appearances

Frank Conrad

Breaking Walls

The Big K Morning Show

Jim Jordan

Thomas Edison

Jeff Carter

Newt Gingrich

H.G. Wells

Kenneth Arnold

Donald Trump Jr

Mercedes Schlapp

Gracie Allen

John Cameron

Sidney Crosby

Dave Ross

Jamie Martin

Rudy Ruettiger

Pat Toomey

OwlTail

David Conrad

David joins us to celebrate KDKA Radio's 100 year anniversary.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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David Conrad, Frank Conrad's Great-Grandson

In 1970 Westinghouse put together a retrospective on the history of radio broadcasting in honor of the 50th anniversary of KDKA broadcasting the 1920 election returns. Years prior, Dr. Frank Conrad, who received numerous awards for his work, including, from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the 1930 Edison Medal "for his contributions to radio broadcasting and short wave radio transmission", and the 1936 Lamme Medal "for pioneering and basic developments in the fields of electric metering and protective services" was interviewed by Westinghouse about how KDKA began. This is what he had to say. As an aside, Dr. Conrad suffered a heart attack on November 6th, 1941 while driving to his winter home in Miami, Florida, and died there three days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and Manilla on December 10th, 1941.

In 1970 Westinghouse put together a retrospective on the history of radio broadcasting in honor of the 50th anniversary of KDKA broadcasting the 1920 election returns. Years prior, Dr. Frank Conrad, who received numerous awards for his work, including, from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the 1930 Edison Medal "for his contributions to radio broadcasting and short wave radio transmission", and the 1936 Lamme Medal "for pioneering and basic developments in the fields of electric metering and protective services" was interviewed by Westinghouse about how KDKA began. This is what he had to say. As an aside, Dr. Conrad suffered a heart attack on November 6th, 1941 while driving to his winter home in Miami, Florida, and died there three days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and Manilla on December 10th, 1941.

Dr. Frank Conrad on KDKA's Beginnings in 1920