In 1921 a 27 year-old RCA exec, David Sarnoff, saw a chance to promote the idea of radio as a broadcast medium instead of just a point-to-point service. The opportunity was the Dempsey- Carpentier heavyweight title fight in Jersey City. A powerful transmitter was borrowed from the US Navy and set up in a shed …
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