We previously reported how the Liberty Bell sounded in 1915, with the sound transmitted by telephone.  But to mark the start of the nation’s sesquicentennial year in 1926, it sounded again on January 1, 1926.  This time, the sound was transmitted by radio over station WIP.  This announcement appeared 100 years ago in the December 30, 1925, issue of the South Bend (IN) News-Times, and recounted how the wife of the Philadelphia Mayor, Mrs. W. Freeland Kendrick, was to have the honors of sounding the bell.

She actually tapped out 1-9-2-6 in Morse code, as detailed at this site.