[Swprograms] Slightly OT: 100th anniversary of act requiring radio stations to be licensed

[John Sullivan <xploreusa@xxxxxxxxx>]

From Bernie Wagenblast's Transportation Communications Newsletter:

 

Today in Transportation History    

 

1912 **100^th anniversary**  The Radio Act of 1912 was approved.

 

The act, among other items, required seagoing vessels to be able to send distress signal of 'SOS' and to monitor for distress signals around-the-clock.

 

http://earlyradiohistory.us/1912act.htm

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John M. Sullivan

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