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W2XCD - Passaic, New Jersey

 

W2XCD was started by radio pioneer Lee DeForest in 1930. It broadcast on 2.0-2.1 mHz using 60 lines and 20 fps.

The station broadcast the first full–length feature film, "Police Patrol " (US 1925), which transmitted in six daily episodes on April 6–11, 1931

Lee DeForest was later involved in station W6XAH in Bakersfield, California.

Courtesy of John Pinckney