Photo credit: Wikipedia, and is of public domain.ĭuring the 1920’s, forecasting improvements occurred with the launching of weather balloons from various locations around the nation. (KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was the first to broadcast news and weather information in 1920. The first commercial radio station in the U.S. KDKA broadcast news and weather information that could be heard by the public. was KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which launched on November 2, 1920. In times of frosts or approaching storms, the information is of inestimable value to farmers and growers.” Root had this to say about the future of weather communication: “I believe that wireless will, in the future, be the method of distributing weather forecasts. Weather Bureau in Springfield, Illinois.Ī forward thinker, Mr. The transmission was received across most of the state and was supplied by Clarence Root, a meteorologist and the Director of the U.S. This is true both with the scientific advances of meteorology itself, and the way that information is communicated to the consumer over the airwaves.Īccording to , the first weather report was a test transmitted by “wireless telegraphy” from Illiopolis, Illinois, in April of 1915. The evolution of broadcast meteorology has worked hand in hand with advances in technology.
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