Today in 1933, FDR broadcast his first “Fireside Chat” to discuss the banking crisis. This is the very broadcast:
Category: Presidential Address
Calvin Coolidge, the first US President to do a radio address 2-22-1924
Today in 1924, Calvin Cooldige became the first president to do a radio address. Although his 1924 address doesn’t appear to be in existence, please enjoy a short 1928 excerpt of Coolidge bestowing a medal on Charles Lindberg:
Coolidge went on to help create the Federal Radio Commission a few days later. It later became known as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).