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National VOA Museum of Broadcasting Names Executive Director
Retiring WCET VP and Station Manager Jack Dominic selected
Roots of Radio
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Autobiography Captures Era Gone By
Bruce Vaughan’s ‘Surviving Technology’ is a treasure trove of radio history
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A Detroit Apex Station in 1936
A two-element crossed dipole antenna was mounted on the decorative ball that capped the...
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Museum Spotlights Mics and More
One visitor to the Mic Museum lay down on the floor and said to...
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The Ampex Cue-Matic Disk Recorder
Follow the evolution of spot playback technology.
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Audio Preservation Gets a Boost
Donation to National Recording Preservation Foundation seen as “game-changer”
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A 1960s Remote Broadcast
This is one in a series of photo features from the author’s collection. See...
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Armstrong Honored With Plaque
Mayor and city council members acknowledge Yonkeer broadcast technology inventor
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A Western Electric 25B Console at KGY
If an audio console can be a work of art, the Western Electric 25B...
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VOA Museum Seeks Volunteers for BBQ Bash
Proceeds go to support the museum and its collections
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NPR Puts Its Gear on Sale
Network puts ‘last of the great analog plants’ on auction block
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Viva Las NAB: 38 Years and Counting
Changes, some large, some small, all interesting, since first convention held in Las Vegas
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WVON Celebrates Five Decades on the Air
Chicago’s only black-owned news-talk radio station turns 50
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Remembering the Gates Radio Company: Photo Essay
The new owner of Harris Broadcast inherits a rich 90-year history
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Here’s Looking (Up) at You, WLW
Dave Burns cranes his neck for an unusual perspective
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Dedicated Ham Keeping Morse Code Alive
“The romance of Morse code and wireless has never faded for me"
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One of America’s Most Remote AM Sites Signs Off
For more than 50 years, keeping up KBRT’s signal was a worthy challenge
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Preparing for the Hoover Inaugural
This console was set up underneath the Capitol steps in 1929
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Radio’s Archives Preserved Online
David Gleason’s americanradiohistory.com preserves long-forgotten historical gems
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A De Forest Transmitter at KRE
This is a de Forest 100-watt “radiophone” transmitter.
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Edwin Howard Armstrong Plaque Proposed
Photo credit: Steve Klose The name Edwin Howard Armstrong is revered among radio engineers...
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WSM Open House Will Celebrate Its Tower
Classic Blaw-Knox structure will be the star on its 80th birthday
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N.Y. Broadcasters Announce 2012 HOF Class
Wallace, Berman, Hamburg and Shannon lead group
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Farber, Beasley Are Named ‘Giants’
Library of American Broadcasting announces its 10th class
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Time to Debunk a Myth From Radio’s Infancy
About Aimee Semple McPherson’s ‘Minions of Satan’ Telegram to Hoover
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National Recording Registry Adds 25 Notable Audio Efforts
Friendly/Murrow collaboration, 'Rapper's Delight' are among those honored
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Nostalgia Convention Features Radio Re-Creations
Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention also promises a Partridge, a hornet and a menace
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Murrow Shortwave Site Rededicated
Ceremony includes Murrow’s son and shortwave dignitaries
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Shortwave Station 9XF in Chicago
The Windy City’s Blustery History of Shortwave Radio
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Georgia Radio HOF Recognizes Three Horsemen
Brown, Greene and Swain were pioneers of the ‘urban’ format