The St. Louis Media History Foundation is currently streaming their Hall of Fame celebration. It's a great event and I've learned some amazing things about our city.
The first radio news broadcast actually happened in St Louis (on the same day as KDKA, but only William Woods and Lester Benson stayed on to broadcast the true results)
The Weatherbird, created by Harry Martin, is the oldest continuously published comic in the country.
Herbert Bayard Swope Sr. was the first and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting.
Some quick facts:
The first radio news broadcast actually happened in St Louis (on the same day as KDKA, but only William Woods and Lester Benson stayed on to broadcast the true results)
The Weatherbird, created by Harry Martin, is the oldest continuously published comic in the country.
Herbert Bayard Swope Sr. was the first and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting.