Columns and Views
Loy Barton, a Forgotten Radio Pioneer
To date, no one has been able to offer a clue to Barton’s identity...
Roots of Radio
Columns and Views
Milking Time
Radio has been a presence in the American home and workplace from its earliest...
Columns and Views
AFN: The Vanished Shooting Star
During World War Two, the Armed Forces Radio Service “may well stand as the...
Columns and Views
ARRL Is Robust as It Nears 100
When amateur radio enthusiasts established the American Radio Relay League in 1914, Morse Code...
Columns and Views
Quantegy Finally Goes Tapeless
“Unfortunately, as technology improves, there is a decrease in demand for magnetic tape media.
Columns and Views
Voice of America: Palo Alto in California
This is the second in an occasional series on the stories behind shortwave broadcasting...
Columns and Views
The Vacuum Tube Celebrates 100 Years
The device that heralded the beginning of the 20th century electronics industry first saw...
Columns and Views
In Search of the Truth About Fessenden
A response to James E. O'Neal's history article
Columns and Views
Re-Creating Baseball Games ‘a Fine Art’
I received my first full-time announcing job in 1951 at KVVC(AM) in Ventura, Calif.
Columns and Views
Radio’s ‘First Voice’ Remembered
A hundred years since the human voice and music were first sent out over...
Roots of Radio
Fessenden: World’s First Broadcaster?
That's what the history books have proclaimed for decades. It is what I'd like...
Guest Commentaries
Commentary: Was Fessenden’s 1906 Broadcast Accidental?
This December Brings a Big Radio Anniversary. But Why Did Fessenden Miss the Point?
