Elvis Presley's 'Aloha from Hawaii' was one of the first mass broadcast satellite events.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Multiple sources, including NPR, CBS News, and Reuters, describe the January 14, 1973 'Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite' concert as the first live satellite broadcast of a solo entertainer's concert, so it was among the first mass broadcast satellite events.
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… Jerusalem, because in 1961, there weren't these satellite feeds, that facilitated that wasn't perfected yet. And then a few years later, when it was, it was a, it was an arduous process. It was Elvis's Aloha from Hawaii. That was one of the first mass broadcast satellite events all over this planet. But on the evening news, people were seeing footage from Eichmann on trial, and legal experts were weighing in on what was happening. …
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Supports. NPR reports that on January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley made history as the first solo entertainer to hold a live concert broadcast internationally via satellite.[2]
Supports. CBS News describes the broadcast as billed as the world's first live satellite concert by a solo artist, and the Elvis Presley official site calls it the first full-length concert by any musician beamed around the world via communications satellites.[3][4]
Supports. A Reuters piece and the Spectrum News Hawaii report describe it as the first satellite worldwide live concert, with the 1973 broadcast described as a big deal for satellite technology.[1][5]
Context. Sources dispute the audience size: some report over a billion or 1.5 billion viewers, while CBS says claims of more than a billion viewers seem unlikely. This does not affect the claim, which makes no figure.[2][3][6]
Context. Hawaii Magazine notes that a 1967 'Our World' broadcast was the first live international concert via satellite, and that the 1973 show was actually shown live only in Asia and Oceania. This is a nuance on 'first' rather than a contradiction of the claim.[7]
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7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Universal Music can't help falling for Elvis Presley, to manage song catalogreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2When Elvis Said 'Aloha' From Hawaii, The World Watched - NPRnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3Almanac: "Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" - CBS Newscbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Home | Elvis Presley Official Siteelvisthemusic.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 550th anniversary of Elvis Presley's 'Aloha from Hawaii by Satellite'spectrumlocalnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Remembering Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaiʻi via ...hawaiimagazine.com · not rated · cited for: context
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