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		<title>What Do We Really Know About Reginald Fessenden?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[December 2025] Among the early wireless pioneers, Reginald Fessenden is often credited with the first voice and music broadcast – a Christmas Eve concert. The reality is a bit more complex. If you are interested in the story behind the story – and Fessenden himself – Donna Halper offers true history and some clarity. Before [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Broadcasting Really Began &#8211; Refuting the KDKA Myth (Again)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[July 2020] Upcoming is the 100th Anniversary of broadcasting – or the 104th – or the 111th – or … well, it depends upon whom you ask or what history book you read. KDKA is inevitably discussed, but were they really the first? As Donna Halper points out, getting to the truth of is getting [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[July 2023] The discussion on whether AM is doomed or not continues. This time, we asked Donna Halper, college professor and media historian. What is her take? Nearly every day, I listen to AM radio. I live in Boston, and we have a heritage AM, WBZ NewsRadio, that is still (mostly) live and local. Of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[June 2022] This spring, we have been spotlighting stations that have been on the air for 100 years. Some have turned into 50 kW, some have moved to another state and back, and some have been key local stations for many years. This is Part 2 of the story. Part 1 is located here. In [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[June 2022] This spring, we have been spotlighting stations that have been on the air for 100 years. Some have turned into 50 kW, some have moved to another state and back, and some have been key local stations for many years. In 1920, commercial radio was making its debut in cities like Detroit, greater [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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