Reader's Forum
Letter: Alabama Radio Station Featured in Parade 90 Years After Premiere
WNRA shares some radio history in wake of Labor Day
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CBS Board Game From the 1930s Highlights Golden Age of Radio
What can you tell us about this little nugget of radio history?
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Mellon Money Helps Preserve Public Media Content
A major grant boosts the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Facilities
History Above the Treetops: The Alpine Tower
Check out these great pix of Major Armstrong’s legacy structure
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When Hank and Greg Built a Broadcast Console
How the Gregg Laboratories Series 2000 board came to be
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Library of Congress Acquires Entirety of Jim Metzner’s Work
Includes approx. 28,000 mixed material items from the radio producer and sound recordist
Guest Commentaries
Reginald Fessenden: Father of Modern Radio
2022 inductee to the National Inventors Hall of Fame is known for his work...
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Gordon Smith Is Among the New Broadcasting “Giants”
The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation announces its latest honorees
Columns and Views
A Look Back at the Radio Newspaper of the Air
Radio facsimile technology never fully caught on, but what if it had?
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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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Letter: Gianni Bettini vs. Donald Little
Remember the Italian army lieutenant who patented electrical recording in 1902
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Beasley Highlights Its Upcoming 60th
Company plans to note its history throughout 2021
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Filling in a Gap in Radio Tech History
Meet Gianni Bettini — the father of recording technology
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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They Set the Stage for the Birth of Radio
A look at the technology innovations that helped to launch radio broadcasting
Columns and Views
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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How FM Stereo Came to Life
FCC did not settle for the industry’s ad hoc standardization
Columns and Views
Remembering the Gates Radio Company: Photo Essay
The new owner of Harris Broadcast inherits a rich 90-year history