Advertising & Marketing · Recorded milestone
Radio commercial
Recorded year1922
New York station WEAF airs a paid 10-minute talk for Queensboro apartments, the first radio ad, showing broadcasting could pay its way.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.