Nashville's First Radio Station

June 1922, Boy Scout John H. DeWitt, Jr., started Nashville's first radio station (WDAA) on the Ward-Belmont Campus. Assisted by music teacher G. S. deLuca, he broadcast Enrico Caruso records to the opening of the River and Rail Terminal on the river at Broad Street. DeWitt was WSM radio station's chief engineer, 1932-1942, and president 1947-1968.

Donated by Gaylord Entertainment Company

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Wedgewood Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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