Listening to radio was a new experience in the early 1920s, and boys were ardent enthusiasts of the emerging technology. Bettmann/Corbis __1920: __The Joseph Horne department store in Pittsburgh ...

September 15, 1921: WBZ was the first station licensed as a "commercial" radio station, located in East Springfield, MA. September 19, 1921: WBZ s first broadcast from the Eastern States Exposition in ...

The Gates Radio Co., today GatesAir, is 100 years old this winter. Founded in 1922 by Henry, Parker and Cora Gates, the company grew from a young man pursuing a hobby to becoming the world’s leading ...

When you think high-tech, what comes to mind? Wi-Fi? Artificial intelligence? Smartphones with more computing horsepower than the Apollo moon missions? A century ago, radio was the technology of the ...

Scranton Mayor John Durkin, fellow dignitaries and a host of local entertainers gathered at WLAO on Oct. 1, 1922. Excitement must have filled the air as the group anticipated the first broadcast of ...

As I noted last week, the term “wireless telephone” in the early 1920s didn’t necessarily mean a device that could both transmit and receive messages. In fact, most radio devices during this time were ...

The 1920s era in the United States was full of ups and downs. That time period, and the many events that occurred within it, was explored at Overland Trail Museum’s History Café on Wednesday. “It ...

The history of WSB is the history of an industry. It’s the history of Atlanta. And it’s the foundation of everything you hear on the air--or online―today. There’d be no Neal Boortz or Cap’n Herb ...

After yet another day reading about audio industry layoffs and show cancellations, or listening to podcasts about layoffs and show cancellations, I sometimes wonder, “With all this great audio being ...

The 1920s in America really did roar. People revved up their car engines, took off in planes, and, like never before, made their voices heard literally and figuratively. A decade earlier, war engulfed ...