Entercom is proud to celebrate 100 years of Newsradio 1020 KDKA (KDKA-AM), the authoritative news and talk voice of Pittsburgh.
On October 27, 1920, the Department of Commerce issued the first commercial radio station license under the call sign KDKA.
The station launched on November 2, 1920 when Frank Conrad, an engineer at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, started 8ZZ and broadcasted the results of the presidential election returns between Warren G. Harding and James Cox.
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To commemorate the station’s centennial anniversary, KDKA Radio is now simulcast on FM for the first time ever and can be heard on 100.1 FM as 100.1 FM and 1020 AM KDKA.
The station can also be heard streaming online or by downloading the RADIO.COM app or by telling a smart speaker to "play News Radio KDKA."