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W.A. Hewitt and his son Foster made a historic broadcast covering what sporting event?
1924 Olympic Games
The 1925 King's Plate Race
1930 World Series
1928 Stanley Cup Finals
Answer
The King's Plate Race, North America’s oldest continuously run stakes race, was first held in 1860 at Toronto's Exhibition Grounds, and was broadcast on radio for the first time in 1925. The live coverage was made possible by W.A. Hewitt and his son Foster, who set up a transmitter in the press box and narrated the race as it unfolded.
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