Roots of Radio
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Jack DeWitt: An Engineer’s Engineer
The radio industry has not fully appreciated his contributions
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Berliner: A Life in Music and the Recording Arts
Recollections of Oliver Berliner, grandson of the inventor of disc records
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Remembering the Early Days of KWTX
Long-serving Waco, Texas, AM station recently turned 75
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WCBS: A Radio Island in the Stream
How a powerhouse AM station ended up with a distinctive tower on a little...
Columns and Views
Mary Day Lee, Radio Pioneer
Could she have been America’s first woman at the radio microphone?
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In Appreciation of the EV 635A
The more things change … but the microphone stays the same
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Beasley Highlights Its Upcoming 60th
Company plans to note its history throughout 2021
Guest Commentaries
The Golden Era of Local Radio News
Memories of reporting and the tools we used to do it
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Arno Meyer: A Story of Accuracy and Integrity
His contributions had a major impact on the technology of FM broadcasting.
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Others Were ‘On the Air’ in 1920
KDKA gets the attention but it had contemporaries that didn’t make the “cut”
Reader's Forum
Filling in a Gap in Radio Tech History
Meet Gianni Bettini — the father of recording technology
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Constructing the First “Real” Radio Station
A look at the technical side of 1920 KDKA
Guest Commentaries
Westinghouse Began the “Business” of Broadcast
Terry Harvey offers his defense of why Nov. 2, 1920, should be celebrated
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Honoring the Rollicking Radio Revolution Led by WBCN
An award-winning documentary is honoring the role that radio plays in fighting for justice...
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Radio Broadcasting Becomes a Reality: KDKA on Nov. 2, 1920
Here’s how KDKA became the medium’s standard bearer 100 years ago
From the Editor
What, Exactly, Was First About KDKA?
Two of our experts take on the question as we approach the centennial
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Georgia Radio Is On the Mind as the Peach State Celebrates #Radio100
A series of radio spots and digital elements honor the state’s diverse population, lifestyles...
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WWJ in Detroit: A 2020 Centennial Station
Iconic AM station just celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first broadcast
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WWV/WWVH Stand Ready to Fight Global Chaos
They'd be joined by their partners in the Military Auxiliary Radio System
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A Visit to the D.J. Everett III Radio Room
Local broadcaster honors its late owner with a stunning on-site radio gallery
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The Women Who Overcame Radio’s Earliest Glass Ceilings
Here are some of the women who excelled in U.S. radio in the first...
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KNX, Los Angeles — A Centennial Station
The station will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Sept. 10.
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Cumulus Completes Handoff of Old WMAL Tower Site
Site near the Washington Beltway is slated for new home development
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They Set the Stage for the Birth of Radio
A look at the technology innovations that helped to launch radio broadcasting
Columns and Views
When Brute Force Transmitters Ruled the Air
The arc converter dominated a forgotten chapter in radio’s history
Columns and Views
Lee De Forest, Pioneer Broadcaster
Radio scientist was playing a key role years before KDKA’s historic broadcast
Columns and Views
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
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Synchronous AM’s Long and Tortuous History
AM boosters repeatedly have been proven effective, but the FCC consistently has declined to...
Columns and Views
The 100th Anniversary of KJR Seattle, 1919 to 2019
Perhaps the first in the U.S. to achieve a century of continuous broadcast activity
Columns and Views
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
Columns and Views
The Time Has Come to Talk of Many Things
Of reels and carts and carousels, of automation things!
Columns and Views
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...
Columns and Views
Meet the Mosquito Network
Inside the U.S. effort in a battle of the airwaves during the Pacific campaign...
Columns and Views
Hooked on Startups, He Invented Infocast
Here’s a story about something you might call “The Wireless Internet of 1978”
Columns and Views
WTMA Celebrates 80 Years in Charleston
It hasn’t changed the call sign, but not much else is the same in...