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Proof of Performance, 1970s Style
A look back at broadcast test and measurement gear from 50 years ago
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NAB Show Cancellation Not Unprecedented
Government shuttered the big broadcast industry event 75 years ago
Tech and Gear
Synchronous AM’s Long and Tortuous History
AM boosters repeatedly have been proven effective, but the FCC consistently has declined to...
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The 100th Anniversary of KJR Seattle, 1919 to 2019
Perhaps the first in the U.S. to achieve a century of continuous broadcast activity
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How D-C Cranked Out All Those Tapes
Looking back at the production of automation music programming media at Drake-Chenault
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Radio History Calendar Available
2020 edition of The Radio Historian’s Calendar is on the market
Tech and Gear
The Time Has Come to Talk of Many Things
Of reels and carts and carousels, of automation things!
Guest Commentaries
National VOA Museum Asks for Your Support
Help celebrate the 75th anniversary of Voice of America – Bethany Relay Station
Columns and Views
Remote Controls Have a History All Their Own
Transmitters and processors may get the attention, but remote controls have long played a...
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Meet the Mosquito Network
Inside the U.S. effort in a battle of the airwaves during the Pacific campaign...
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Hooked on Startups, He Invented Infocast
Here’s a story about something you might call “The Wireless Internet of 1978”
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WTMA Celebrates 80 Years in Charleston
It hasn’t changed the call sign, but not much else is the same in...
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The Development of the Directional AM Broadcast Antenna
The advent of the directional antenna made it possible for co-channel stations to operate...
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The Ever-Evolving Role of Airchecks
They have become important historical records of the industry’s legendary deejays and broadcasts
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Graham McNamee: Radio’s First Superstar Announcer
He was a jack of all trades who pioneered sportscasting and live political coverage...
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The Rabble-Rousers of Early Radio Broadcasting
Take a look at some of radio’s less-remembered provocateurs
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Radio Central: CHRS Asks Big Questions
California Historical Radio Society considers how to protect the past while appealing to new...
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Remembering Maj. James Andrew White, Radio Pioneer
An important announcer, sportscaster and executive you’ve never heard of
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Alfred Carlton Gilbert: An Unsung Radio Pioneer
The “Erector Set” man was also a broadcaster and set manufacturer
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Remember the Radio Traffic Cowboys of the Skies
Chronicling the rise and fall of the on-air traffic report
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A Brief History of the 0.5 mV/m Protected Contour
A historical blanket fourfold power increase doubled the de facto protected contour for one...
News and Business
AFRTS Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Radio and television networks serve American service men and women worldwide
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Eugene F. McDonald Jr.: Broadcasting Pioneer
NAB’s first president didn’t shy from controversy or experimentation
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Arthur O. Austin’s Continuing Legacy
Recognizing the accomplishments of a radio tech pioneer
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Seriously Collecting Broadcasting’s Big Iron
If it can’t kill you when it falls over, he doesn’t want it
Headlines
WTMJ(FM): Milwaukee FM Pioneer
The Milwaukee Journal radio station was an innovator in new broadcasting technologies
Headlines
Princeton Keeps WPRB’s History Alive
Student-oriented station has been on the air for 75 years
Headlines
What to Do With 5,600 Studs Terkel Shows?
Lessons from working to bring archive to life at the WFMT Radio Network
Headlines
Design and Performance of Electret Condenser Microphones
A century of development of condenser microphones
Headlines
Remembering CBS Radio’s Beginnings
Media company’s 90-year history is full of ups and downs
Headlines
“I Have This Old Radio …”
How to dispose of those unwanted “radioiana,” equipment and artifacts
News and Business
Cast Your Vote for New National Radio Hall of Fame Inductees
Text your ballot via text message, now through June 30
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VOA Museum Fundraiser Powers Through the Rain
It was rain or shine for the first fundraising event of the season for...
News and Business
Radio Liberty “Munich Period” Russian Broadcasts Available
Searchable online database has 26,000 clips from 1953 to 1995
News and Business
Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame 2016 Class Set
Association to induct four from radio and television within the state
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Reinventing Bill Doherty and His High-Efficiency Amplifier
80-year-old technology gets a new lease on life
Headlines
My Brief History of the NAB Show
I felt as if I’d died and gone straight to broadcast equipment heaven
From the Editor
From Radio Girls to #FoodPorn
From my bookshelf, four titles to stimulate your media senses