Oct. 30, 1938, was a cool autumn Sunday evening. Baltimoreans were still celebrating Johns Hopkins’ win over Haverford College, 7-6, after Charlie Rudo made a stunning 80-yard touchdown run in the ...
Early home radios were frightful to operate. During the 1920s, consumer radios were powered by several batteries, the speaker was separate from the receiver, and the receiver contained a collection of ...
Who among my savvy readers well-versed in the intricacies of broadcast journalism history -- which is to say pretty much every one of you -- knows that exactly 75 years ago Wednesday, Orson Welles' ...
Almost 85 years ago – Oct. 30, 1938 – “War of the Worlds” was broadcast on CBS Radio, including KNX (1070 AM) here in Los Angeles. In his radio adaption of H. G. Wells’ book for his program “Mercury ...
Almost 85 years ago – Oct. 30, 1938 – “War of the Worlds” was broadcast on CBS Radio, including KNX (1070 AM) here in Los Angeles. In his radio adaption of H. G. Wells’ book for his program “Mercury ...