On Tuesday, December 18th, 1923, the first radio broadcast in Africa hit the airwaves. An orchestral recording of German composer Felix Mendelssohn was transmitted from the Railway Headquarters in Johannesburg, marking the first recorded history of radio on the African continent.
100 years of radio in Africa
100 years of radio in Africa
100 years of radio in Africa
On Tuesday, December 18th, 1923, the first radio broadcast in Africa hit the airwaves. An orchestral recording of German composer Felix Mendelssohn was transmitted from the Railway Headquarters in Johannesburg, marking the first recorded history of radio on the African continent.