The Development of the Directional AM Broadcast Antenna
The advent of the directional antenna made it possible for co-channel stations to operate in close proximity John SchneiderRadioWorldJune 2019 This article originally appeared in…
Voice of America – The Long Reach of Shortwave
‘Voice of America’ exhibition is a fascinating look at early shortwave radio By David PagelLos Angeles TimesJuly 2019 Long before cell towers started sprouting up…
Community Radio Station KBFG-LP in Seattle
By Jennifer WaitsRadio SurvivorJuly 2019 Tucked away in a shed in a northwest Seattle neighborhood was perhaps the tiniest radio station that I’d ever seen:…
WTMA Celebrates 80 Years in Charleston
It hasn’t changed the call sign, but not much else is the same in 2019 By Ken DeutschRadioWorldJuly 2019 “We’ve come a long way from…
AFRTS Archive: Roger Carroll – 1979
Roger Carroll and Los Angeles radio were the same thing. From 1948-58 at KABC and 1959-79 at Gene Autry’s KMPC. “KMPC was one of the…
AFRTS Archive: Polka Party – 1961
Dick Sinclair was one of our first jocks. He was in that first class at Fox Film studios in 1943, went to the Mosquito Network….
KOST 103.5 FM: The “Inside” Story – A Video Tour from 1989
It’s back to the 80’s for this Mark and Kim hosted video written and produced by then KOST Program Director Jhani Kaye. This video gives…
Nautel Memorable Radio: WFMT
WFMT Chicago Commences HD Radio™ Broadcasting with Nautel NV40 A fine-arts station since its debut, WFMT-FM Chicago has always had a reputation for classical music…
Nautel Memorable Radio: WMTB-LP
Timely and Meticulous Tech Support gets VS300LP On-Air after Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma knocked out a ton of radio stations in Florida, some with serious…
The Weird World of FM Subcarrier Broadcasting
Video killed the Radio Star…. but once upon a time, there was the fascinating realm of private subscription FM subcarrier radio!! Join Team FranLab!!!! Become…
A Tight Squeeze of an Install at K-LOVE
A Tight Squeeze of an Install at K-LOVE Jack Roland, EMF K-LOVE/Air1 Engineer, shared with us some great photos from the delivery of his Nautel…
The Tall Tower
Published on YouTube by WEAU 12 News, 23 March 2016 “The Tall Tower” is an award-winning documentary covering the history of WEAU’s 2,000 foot broadcast…
American Ambassadors of the Airwaves: Midwest East North Central
USA greetings stamps © www.theus50.com The most powerful and influential AM broadcasters of this region are essentially represented by the cities of Chicago, Cincinnati and…
Retro Radio Dial: Idaho 1963
Share your own memories of Idaho Radio Frequency Call Location Owner AM 540 KBRV Soda Springs JC Wallentine 580 KFXD Nampa Fletcher-Mitchell Corporation…
Retro Radio Dial: Texas 1963
Share your own memories of Texas Radio Frequency Call Location Owner AM 550 KTSA San Antonio Sunshine Broadcasting Company 560 KFDM Beaumont Beaumont…
Undercover Radio
By Bill Hester A teenage boy in Hibbing was older than me then, and grew up a thousand miles from my home, but he could…
A Reception That Was Different
From The N.Z. Radio Record and Electric Home Journal, May 16, 1930 When His Excellency, the Governor-General, spoke in Wellington Town Hall on the occasion…
California Radio Dial 1928
by David Ricquish It’s hard to imagine that within living memory, California once had only a little over 50 radio stations on the air. There…
Keeping the past for the future – Library of American Broadcasting
By Martin Hadlow When the LAB’s Curator, Chuck Howell, brought out the first box of QSLs for me to thumb through, I knew that I…
KFSG LA 4 Square Gospel
Pioneer L. A. Christian Station Stops Broadcasting After 79 Years by Jim Hilliker In August 2002, I wrote a history of KFSG radio that appeared…