Charles Herrold
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Charles Herrold was an American radio broadcaster who began operating a wireless transmitter in San Jose, California, around 1908. He provided regularly scheduled voice and music programs to a small local audience of amateur radio operators, which may have been the world's first continuing radio service.1
Herrold's broadcasts continued until early 1917, when government restrictions halted most radio transmissions for the remainder of World War I, slowing the medium's development. After the war, interest in radio broadcasts resurged, with amateurs developing the means to broadcast, sometimes with pre-announced schedules. By 1920-21, about 30 radio stations were broadcasting in the United States, many evolving from amateur operations. Herrold returned to the air in 1921 but soon sold his station due to financial difficulties.1
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