A portrait of Frank Conrad in 1921. He is holding a microphone
in his hand. May 4, 1874| |Died||December 11, 1941
|Occupation||Electrical Engineer, Inventor|
|Employer||Westinghouse Electric Corporation| |Known for||radio
broadcasting Boardwalk Empire -- Episode: Season 1: A Return to
Normalcy. A wireless broadcast featured a monologue inspired by
Frank Conrad rather extensively.| Frank Conrad (1874 – 1941) was
a radio broadcasting pioneer who worked as the Assistant Chief
Engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,. He began what are considered the
first regular radio broadcasts from his Wilkinsburg,
Pennsylvania, garage in 1916, and is responsible for the
founding of the first licensed broadcast station in the world:
KDKA. Early life  Frank was born May 4, 1874 in Pittsburgh as
the son of a railroad mechanic. He quit school in the 7th grade,
never returning to formal schooling again, and went to work for
Westinghouse at age 16. At 23 he began working in the
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