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KDKA (1020 kHz) is a radio station licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation on November 2, 1920, it is the world's first commercial radio station, a distinction that has also been challenged by other stations, although it has claimed to be the "world's first commercially licensed radio station". KDKA is===1970s=== By the early 1970s, KDKA moved to more of an adult contemporary sound mixing the rock and roll hits of the 1960s with what is now considered soft rock. Artists such as America, The Carpenters, Doobie Brothers, Paul Simon, Dawn, and Neil Diamond became core artists. The morning show featured less music because of the news and commercial content. In 1973, KDKA overhaul. In 2007, Pintek became the host of Night Talk on the [[Pittsburgh Cable News on November 7, the same day as KDKA did.<ref>"Radio's Anniversary," Boston Globe, 30 September 1928, p. B27*WWV, the U.S. Government time service, which had believed to have started 6 months before KDKA.

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