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NPR and American RadioWorks are documenting the history of radio. Here, here and there. Music and Christmas played pivotal roles.
On the evening of December 24, 1906 (Christmas Eve), Fessenden used the alternator-transmitter to send out a short program from Brant Rock, which included his playing the song O Holy Night on the violin and reading a passage from the Bible.
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