Program

Miscellaneous

Subject

Industry & Commerce

Location

633 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602, USA

Lat/Long

27.9497667, -82.45885

Grant Recipient

Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council

Historic Marker

WDAE – FLORIDA’S FIRST RADIO STATION

WDAE was the first radio station to broadcast in Florida, doing so on May 15, 1922. The Tampa Daily Times was the original license holder, and the first radio studio was located in the Florida Citrus Exchange Building (later part of the Maas Brothers complex). Tampa Mayor Charles H. Brown, in the opening ceremonies, called radio “The Wonder of the Age that the human voice can be sent broadcast throughout the country.”

ORIGINALLY ERECTED BY THE TAMPA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN COOPERATION WITH RADIO STATION WDAE,
ROBERT ROUNSAVILLE, OWNER
REPLACEMENT MARKER FUNDED BY THE WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION
REPLACEMENT MARKER ERECTED BY THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, 2020

Links

• WDAE