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Radio Call-sign (Original)	Radio Call-sign (Current)	City/Location	On Air	Broadcast Frequency (AM Radio / FM Radio)	Broadcast class
Table of Experimental Radio Stations (AM/Mediumwave/Longwave)
(Reginald Fessenden experimental alternator station)		Brant Rock, Massachusetts, United States	December 21, 1906 (Audio tests from various locations from as early as 1900)	AM 50 kHz (aprox)	? W
(Colombo Calling transmitter built using radio equipment from German submarine)	Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1923 (gramophone music was played from a tiny room in the Ceylon Telegraph Office)	?	? W
9-BC, 9-XR, 9-BY, WOC-AM	WOC	Davenport, Iowa	1907	AM Radio	Class-B
FN/SJN/6XF/6XE/KQW/"San Jose"	KCBS (AM)	San Jose, California/San Francisco, California	1909, 1921 (officially granted experimental license as KQW, become commercial in 1921, and KCBS in 1949)	AM 740 kHz (Originally used 15 watts modulated with Carbon microphone)	Class-B
2XI	WGY-AM	Albany, New York	1915?	AM 810 kHz	Class-A
9ZP, 9CLS	KGFX-AM	Pierre, South Dakota	1915-present	Various frequencies, 1060 kHz today	Class-B
2XG		New York City, New York	1916	Unknown	Unknown
8XK, 8ZZ	KDKA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1916	AM 1020 kHz	75 watts (1916), Class-A (1920-present)
Irish rebel station	2RN/RTE (First radio studio)	General Post Office, Sackville Street (O'Connell Street), Dublin, Ireland	April 24, 1916	morse code only (Despite this claimed by some to be "world's first broadcast" as transmission not aimed at specific target))	converted ship transmitter
9XM	WHA-AM	University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin	December 4, 1916 (regular Morse code weather broadcasts; first voice broadcast in February 1919; regular programming January 1921)	AM 970 kHz	Class-B
(Experimental Czech tests)		Petřínská rozhledna (Petřín Lookout Tower), Prague, Czechoslovakia	October 28, 1919 (Experimental), May 20, 1920	AM ??? kHz	?? kW
PCGG	N/A	The Hague, the Netherlands	November 6, 1919 - November 11, 1924	AM, 570 m	N/A
XWA	CINW	Montreal, Quebec	December 1, 1919	AM 940 kHz Considered by many Canadians to be "First scheduled broadcast station"	Class-A (Clear channel)
("2MT" Marconi experimental station with a regular news service)		Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, England	February 23, 1920	AM 107 kHz	15 kW
LOR Radio Argentina	LOR	Buenos Aires, Argentina	August 26, 1920
6ADZ	KHJ-AM	Los Angeles, California	Summer 1920, granted license 1922	AM 930 kHz	Class-B
KDKA	KDKA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	October 27, 1920 (May have aired as 8ZZ that night)	AM 1020 kHz	Class-A (Clear channel)
8MK	WWJ-AM	Detroit, Michigan	August 20, 1920	AM 950 kHz	Class-B
WRR	KTCK	Dallas, Texas	August 4, 1921 (Unlicensed broadcasts date back to 1920)	AM 1310 kHz
WLB	KUOM	Saint Paul, Minnesota	January 13, 1922	AM 770 kHz	Class-D
WHN	WEPN-AM	Ridgewood, New York	February, 1922^[1], some sources cite March 18, 1922	AM 833 kHz	Class-A
WIP-AM	WIP-AM	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	March 17, 1922	AM 610 kHz	Class-B
4XD	WBT-AM	Charlotte, North Carolina	December 18, 1920, License granted April 10, 1922	AM 1110 kHz	Class-A
DN	4XD	Dunedin, New Zealand	October 4, 1922	originally AM 1431 kHz, now AM 1305 kHz and FM 99.8 MHz
WNAX (AM)	WNAX (AM)	Yankton, South Dakota	November 25, 1922	AM 570 kHz
WKAQ (AM)	WKAQ (AM)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	December 3, 1922	AM 580 kHz	Class-B
Regular Czech service - Radiojournal	Prague-Kbely	Prague-Kbely, Czechoslovakia	May 18, 1923	"Long wave" 292 kHz (1025 m)	article
Radio Journal de la Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower Newsreel)	France Inter	Paris, France	1921	"Long wave" 115 kHz (2600 m)	N/A
WKBV-AM William Knox BrookVille	WKBV-AM	Richmond, Indiana Whitewater Broadcasting	1923	AM 1000 kHz 24/7	Class B
N/A	Radio Bloemendaal	Bloemendaal, The Netherlands	June 15, 1924	originally AM 1500 kHz (200m) later AM 1223 kHz (245 m) currently AM 1116 kHz (269 m)	various
N/A	Radio Romania	Bucharest, Romania	Summer 1925 - 1927 (experimental), license granted March 1928, Regular broadcast from November 1, 1928	"Long wave"	N/A
CFCO	CFCO	Chatham, Ontario/Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada	September, 1927	AM 630 kHz	Class-B
JODK	HLKA	Seoul, South Korea	1927	AM 711 kHz
GOW, ZBW	RTHK	Hong Kong	1928
1XE, 1CDP	off the air - later as WGI (and WARC until 1925)	Boston, Massachusetts	mid 1920	? - later on 833 kHz
2XN		City College of New York, New York City, New York	1913; 1920
2ZK		New Rochelle, New York	1916
Table of Experimental Radio Stations (FM and Shortwave)
Radio Call-sign (Original)	Radio Call-sign (Current)	City/Location	On Air	Broadcast Frequency (AM Radio / FM Radio)	Broadcast class
WWV US Government Time Service	WWV	Fort Collins, Colorado	"6 months before KDKA" (May 1920)	2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz and 20 MHz	Unknown
G2NM^[2]		Caterham, Surrey, England	September 11, 1927	23 and 33 meters	1 kW
W8HX (later WBEN-FM)	WTSS	Buffalo, New York	1934	5 meters (now 102.5 MHz)	Ultra-shortwave
W1XOJ	WAAF	Westborough, Massachusetts / Boston, Massachusetts	1937	FM 107.3 MHz, (Simulcasts on 97.7 MHz)	Unknown
W1XPW, briefly W65H	WDRC-FM	Hartford, Connecticut	1939	102.9 FM
W2XDA (Schenectady)/W2XOY (New Scotland), later WGFM	WRVE	Schenectady, New York	1939, Nov. 20 1940 as WGFM	Originally on FM 48.5 mHz, now FM 99.5	Unknown
W47NV	WSM-FM	Nashville, Tennessee	1941	FM 95.5 MHz, (Not original frequency)	Unknown

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^ http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/common/whnradio.html
^ Clarricoats, John (1967). World at their fingertips, pub. RSGB, pp. 130-132

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