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A new radio broadcast of the beloved Frank Capra movie is available online or by downloadable podcast
The sitcom “All in the Family” debuted 50 years ago this month, and had a lasting effect on television and American culture.
Editor’s Note: Jim Cullen holds masters and PhD degrees in American Studies from Brown and the author of over a dozen books.
You can now listen to a radio play of the classic story of George Bailey co-sponsored by American Heritage.
Reginald Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in 1906 employing principles still in use today.
On December 24, 1906, in a wooden shack crammed with equipment in the seaside Massachusetts community of Brant Rock, a 40-year-old inventor named Reginald Fessenden made the world’s first radio broadcast.
In the Navy we found parts to make a color television in 1946. Anything to watch the heavyweight championship.
In 1946 I was in the U.S. Navy, stationed at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
The tremendous response to his radio shows led to standing-room-only theatre performances and cross-country tours, but Rudy Vallée claimed it was just good luck and timing.
One night in February, 1928, a technician from WABC, a pioneer radio station in New York City, finished adjusting his amplifying equipment in a nightclub at 35 East Fifty-third Street and signalled his readiness to the bandleader.
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