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50th Anniv. of Broadcasting Issued on March 20, 1975 (Showa 50)

50th Anniv. of Broadcasting Issued on March 20, 1975 (Showa 50) Radio first appeared in the world in 1900. The inventor, Reginald Fessenden of Canada, succeeded in sending and receiving voice at a distance of about 1 mile. In Japan, in March 1925 (Taisho 14), his first radio broadcast was broadcast by the Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation (JOAK: now NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Station). In May 1975, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a stamp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Japanese radio broadcasting, and Shiko Munakata's "Kanmonsho" was designed.