# Aloha from Hawaii via satellite is a public global broadcast of a live concert

Date: 1973

## The fact

On 14 January 1973 Aloha from Hawaii was transmitted by satellite as a public global concert broadcast.

It is one event.

## Context

Split the household-price sibling. A free or widely carried broadcast is an education-access path even when the hotel sold seats.

[Elvis Presley](/people/elvis-presley)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Same 14 January 1973 night as the ticket-price row. Satellite access and household price share a spine. NBC/RCA/Parker shared the feed.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Graceland/EPE’s Aloha chronology and Billboard’s industry record independently date the 1973 satellite broadcast.

Official or archival record: Graceland / Elvis Presley Enterprises (https://www.graceland.com/; Elvis Presley Enterprises).

## Significance

A satellite concert feed increased geographic access to a live set without boarding a plane.

Keep the price row separate.

A satellite concert feed increased geographic access to a live set without boarding a plane.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 14 January 1973 satellite Aloha broadcast. Not established: that every country carried it free.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Elvis Presley.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Elvis Presley: https://factrail.ai/people/elvis-presley

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.graceland.com/
- https://www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/elv-aloha-access