a guide to historically significant and memorable radio programs from different eras, highlighting their cultural impact and enduring appeal

But on December 24, 1906, Canadian-born physicist Reginald Fessenden changed that by sending the first long-distance transmission of human voice and music from ... Facts and Folklore about Nathan Stubblefield by Bob Lochte. Around Murray, Kentucky, folks say he created radio. For nearly 70 years, they claimed that Nathan ... Nov 7, 2008 ... On June 21, 1909, more than 10 years prior to the launching of America's first commercially licensed radio station, a young inventor named ... Aug 7, 2023 ... KDAY became the country's first radio station to play hip-hop on a full-time basis. In addition to programming the more established East Coast ... In 1896, Guglielmo Marconi invented the first rendition of the radio. After ... when radio channels were in short supply for police officers. Radios ... Introduced in January 1946, the 2-Way Wrist Radio was an invention of industrialist Diet Smith's son Brilliant. Like ... when he was abducted and held hostage by ... Radio went on to become an essential tool for the army and a means of receiving information and entertainment for households. In 1895, the Lumière brothers ... The station's creator and owner, an entrepreneur, inventor, and manufacturer named Powel Crosley Jr. ... He agreed to buy his nine-year-old a radio, but when he ... ” He also invented the celebrity interview in the 1920s, emerging for a ... Vin Scully began his 67-year big league broadcasting career on April 18, 1950. The four chief players in American radio's early years, Marconi, Canadian-born Aubrey Fessenden, Lee deForest, and John Stone Stone [sic] were all inventor/ ...