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Ruth Broene 1920 - 2009

Ruth Broene of Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI was born on August 9, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on July 26, 2009.
Ruth Broene
Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI 49503
August 9, 1920
July 26, 2009
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  • 08/9
    1920

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    August 9, 1920
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  • 07/26
    2009

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    July 26, 2009
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    Ruth Broene lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1920, in the year that Ruth Broene was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1967, Ruth was 47 years old when on November 7th, President Johnson signed legislation passed by Congress that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which would later become PBS and NPR. The legislation required CPB to operate with a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature".
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