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		<title>The World’s Most Heralded Radio Failure</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[December 2025] This week we saw the 124th anniversary of an event that may not have happened. The late Don Kimberlin took a deep look into what he called the myth of Marconi’s success. You may find the story interesting for several reasons. Much of today’s world is blithely ignorant about the origins of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Centenary Radio &#8211; Serendipity in the South &#8211; The WBT Story</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[November 2022] This is another in our series of looks at stations which have turned 100. WBT indeed actually reached the mark earlier this year, but we did not want to leave it out, given its interesting history. (There is an old Persian fairy tale concerning some men sent on a mission. The Three Princes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Day CRUD Radio Died</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[This story actually happened quite few years ago, and might be best categorized as “one of those war stories.” However, it also is an interesting look the way the FCC used to operate. Some might welcome a return to this way of doing things. It was a happy, successful time in the history of station [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Western Union&#8217;s Time Was Up Years Ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 14:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The year 1962 The place: Fort Lauderdale, FL &#8211; when &#8220;Miami&#8221; was still a separate market, and people listened to local radio. However, there were no network affiliates in Ft. Lauderdale, only Miami. The prelude: I was CE of a 10 kW AM and a 33 kW FM in Ft. Lauderdale. I&#8217;d be bothered when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Camelot on the Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Real Story of How We Managed to Fulfill Kennedy&#8217;s Promise and Put a Man on the Moon JFK said we would go to the moon before the end of the decade. As mid-1969 approached, the question arose as to whether it would all happen or not. In the end, it came down to hard [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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