Broadcast History
- Transcribed! – Barry Mishkind A word that had a different meaning 90 years ago.
- Reginald Fessenden: What do we Really Know? – Donna Halper Was the broadcast pioneer on the air Christmas Eve 1906?
- WWV – All Time, All of the Time Ready for its second century
- Who’s on First? A look at which station started the broadcast industry.
- When Broadcasting Really Began – Donna Halper History is not always what you read.
- The History of Omaha Radio – Carl Mann Volume 1: 1899 – 1945
- Camelot on the Moon – Don Kimberlin How a Few People Made the Apollo 11 Moon Mission Possible.
- Call-In Talk Radio – Donna Halper
- Part 1 – The Early Years – From stunt to new format
- Part 2 – Talk Radio Grows – From Feel Good to Controversy
- When Eimac and Continental Shared a Major Fiasco – Reid Brandon Two Quality Companies Combined to Fail Big Time
- The Short History of the 4CX25000A – Reid Brandon The Big Tube That no one wanted.
- A Radio Showcase Built, then Unbuilt – Margaret Bryant Changes in Broadcast lead to construction, then tear down. Part 2: Clearing out the house.
- FPS-85 – How Eimac Saved a Military Radar System – Reid Brandon The Challenge of Keeping a 65-year-old Radar Going.
- After 50 Years, Radio Caroline Gets a License! From the tumultuous UK pirate radio days, a survivor!
- KSL at 90 – Still Serving its Community A trusted station focuses on the community.
- WFLI and the Western Electric 407-A4 – Stanley Adams A look at a classic transmitter.
- 50 Year Flashback – FM Stereo on a Shoestring – Bob Carpenter FM Stereo was not so easy to do in 1961.
- WWJ’s Beginnings – 95 Years Ago – Thomas H White A New Look at the origins of WWJ
- The Minneapolis-St. Paul Telefarm and Shoreview – Steve Brown
- Moving Day 1928 – The First Great Frequency Move Music Chairs under the FRC.
- Building the Sears (Willis) Tower Site – Warren Shulz
- Part 1: The Early Days: How the Second Tallest Building in the US came to host broadcasters.
- Part 2: TV comes on board; towers go up.
- Part 3: The FM Master Antenna.
- Part 4: The Rest of the Story.
- WJR- The Goodwill Station A Motor City Classic
- WFLA/WSUN – Radio History by the Bay The first directional station in the US.
- AT&T and the Radio Networks – Mark Durenberger This is a free download obtained just by requesting it here.
- Exercise and Expertise – Donna Halper How Early Broadcasting Promoted Health Education
- The Real Story: The NEMO – Donna Halper A common word decades ago; where did it come from?
- Radio History: Remote Broadcasts – Audio from “Out There” The days when a remote took a big vehicle and two strong backs.
- A Plan to Install a Plaque to Honor Edwin Armstrong – Steve Klose Just across the river from Alpine, where Armstrong grew up.
- Earle C. Anthony Drives KFI to Fame The pioneer station was among the most powerful in its time.
- WSB Wins a Race in the South The pioneer station was among the most powerful in its time.
- 90 Years Later: WGY The pioneer station was among the most powerful in its time.
- WBZ – 90 Years and Counting – Donna Halper and Barry Mishkind 90 Years ago today the 1st Commercial Broadcast License was issued.
- A Look Back at the Edison Wax Cylinder 130-year-old technology demonstrates state-of-the-art in 1878.
- An Introduction – Powel Crosley and WLW The Man Behind WLW’s Rise to Superpower
- The History of VOA Bethany – Clyde Haehnle Just down the road from WLW – and a history of its own!
- 648 kHz at 500 kW from Orfordness closes down – a site tour A video tour as a BIG station shuts down.
- Moving Day – 1941 70 Years ago today many AM radio stations “picked up and moved”
- Quincy, IL – The Digital Capital of the World Tom Yingst discusses how a small town in Illinois became a hotbed of broadcast technology
- Broadcast Historical site: www.oldradio.com
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