SITE OF WORLD'S FIRST BROADCASTING STATION - View this location on map - On this corner stood the Garden City Bank Building, where Charles D. Herrold established Station FN, the first radio broadcasting station in the world. As a pioneer in wireless telephony (radio), Herrold established the first station in 1909 to transmit radio programs of music and news to a listening audience on a regular basis. First St and San Fernando St, San Jose, California Historical

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