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WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham wins award amid celebration of radio pioneer Frank Conrad’s 150th birthday

More than 200 people crowded into the Wilkinsburg Train Station on Saturday to celebrate the 150th birthday of Frank Conrad, the Pittsburgh native and broadcasting pioneer, engineer and innovator who developed the transmitter that launched KDKA Radio’s first broadcast in 1920, just blocks away in his garage. The crowd included broadcasting veterans, community leaders, and […]