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rurallib

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1. I will give you a kick

Reply to Apollo Zeus (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 09:29 PM

Jan 2020

early radio has always been a back-burner interest of mine, but I know little of what you seek.

I grew up in Iowa City(U of Iowa) which had one of the earliest radio stations of all - it is now NPR station WSUI.

Little bit I have read is that radio stations grew like wildfire with practically every city block having some form of a radio station. Then FDR & the FCC stepped in and made radio safe for the business man

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A good overview of the birth of radio broadcasting in the US? [View all] Apollo Zeus Jan 2020 OP

I will give you a kick rurallib Jan 2020 #1

Thanks Apollo Zeus Jan 2020 #2

About ten years ago (more probably) I was working to get rurallib Jan 2020 #3

Aaron Sorkin wrote an interesting overview of the early days of radio Aristus Jan 2020 #4

Thanks! Apollo Zeus Jan 2020 #5