![On March 1st, 1941, the world's first commercial FM radio station started broadcasting in Nashville Tennessee. The first call sign was W47NV, later changed to WSM-FM. FM is used worldwide to provide On March 1st, 1941, the world's first commercial FM radio station started broadcasting in Nashville Tennessee. The first call sign was W47NV, later changed to WSM-FM. FM is used worldwide to provide](https://i.redd.it/d8ueh4iwtrk81.jpg)
On March 1st, 1941, the world's first commercial FM radio station started broadcasting in Nashville Tennessee. The first call sign was W47NV, later changed to WSM-FM. FM is used worldwide to provide
![Interior from the first radio station in Hörby. The man is Arthur Emanuel Svensson. Sedemera radio commercial in Boden Stock Photo - Alamy Interior from the first radio station in Hörby. The man is Arthur Emanuel Svensson. Sedemera radio commercial in Boden Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F76WAW/interior-from-the-first-radio-station-in-hrby-the-man-is-arthur-emanuel-svensson-sedemera-radio-commercial-in-boden-2F76WAW.jpg)
Interior from the first radio station in Hörby. The man is Arthur Emanuel Svensson. Sedemera radio commercial in Boden Stock Photo - Alamy
![World of Engineering on Twitter: "This day on August 20, 1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit. https://t.co/7kdKYFSLiy" / Twitter World of Engineering on Twitter: "This day on August 20, 1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit. https://t.co/7kdKYFSLiy" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ef2K-dLWoAAt2dv.png)
World of Engineering on Twitter: "This day on August 20, 1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit. https://t.co/7kdKYFSLiy" / Twitter
![100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election – politics would never be the same 100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election – politics would never be the same](https://images.theconversation.com/files/366504/original/file-20201029-15-3l6n31.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1200&h=1200.0&fit=crop)
100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 election – politics would never be the same
Federal Communications Commission - Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first widely recognized commercial #radio broadcast. Scheduled commercial radio is widely believed to have started when Westinghouse Electric, a manufacturing company
![ME Music on Twitter: "#OTD Aug20,1920 1st US commercial radio station, 8MK Detroit (later WWJ @WWJ950), began broadcasting America's Pioneer Broadcasting Station https://t.co/m3a2NmrOLT" / Twitter ME Music on Twitter: "#OTD Aug20,1920 1st US commercial radio station, 8MK Detroit (later WWJ @WWJ950), began broadcasting America's Pioneer Broadcasting Station https://t.co/m3a2NmrOLT" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dk42H2DW0AAFb4Q.jpg:large)