On May 17, 1973, Senator Sam Ervin opened the hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities into the Watergate incident. The audio feed of the hearings was broadcast gavel-to-gavel on scores of radio stations, making the hearings available to people in their homes, cars and workplaces. During the Senate hearings, former White House legal counsel John Dean testified that the Watergate break-in had been approved by former Attorney General John Mitchell with the knowledge of chief White House advisers John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, and that President Richard Nixon had been aware of the cover-up.
November 2, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast. To celebrate this special anniversary, we’re shining a spotlight on 100 key moments in radio's history.
We hope you’ll join us in celebrating your favorite radio memories throughout 2020. Use the hashtag #Radio100 across social media to share these moments with the world. Here’s to 100 wonderful years of radio, and to at least 100 more!
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