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	1928 in radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1925 1926 1927 - 1928 - 1929 1930 1931
		See also: 1927 in radio, other events of 1928, 1929 in radio and the list of 'years in radio'.
		This page was last modified 15:50, 22 June 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1928_in_radio (85 words)

	United States Early Radio History
		Radio at Sea (1891-1916) - The first major use of radio was for navigation, where it greatly reduced the isolation of ships, saving thousands of lives, even though for the first couple of decades radio was generally limited to Morse Code transmissions.
		Radio During World War One (1914-1919) - Civilian radio activities were suspended during the war, as the radio industry was taken over by the government.
		Amateur Radio After World War One (1919-1924) - Although there was concern that amateur radio stations would not be allowed to return to the airwaves after the war, in 1919 the wartime restrictions were ended.
	earlyradiohistory.us /index.html (1678 words)

	History - Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		AGA’s first experiments with radio transmissions from aircraft were carried out in 1915 and 1916, when experiments were also made with direction finders to determine the direction to these airborne radio transmitters.
		As a result AGA was able to present the first mains-powered radio receiver in Europe with an built-in loudspeaker in 1927.
		The company was made responsible for development and sales of radios, other home electronics, sound film equipment and radio navigation systems until 1946 when it was incorporated with the parent company.
	www.aga.com /web/web2000/com/WPPcom.nsf/pages/History_Radio (184 words)

	CBN History: Radio/Broadcasting Timeline
		The principle for this receiver is the basis for all radio receivers now in use.
		The American Radio League establishes contact via a shortwave radio with Paul Godley in Scotland, proving that shortwave radio can be used for long distance communication.
		This RDS (radio data system) is used to transmit messages on display screens to radios.
	www.wcbn.org /history/wcbntime.html (1001 words)

	Bulolo Radio (VJX)
		Bulolo Radio station was one of the earliest stations to operate in New Guinea.
		Traffic was routed to Morobe Radio but, because of local storms and atmospheric interference, much of the work had to be done from 6.30-8.30 am.
		In 1928, a new transmitter was installed at Bulolo and a new budding constructed.
	www.megalong.com /radio_history/vjx.htm (570 words)

	A Week In The Life of Radio--December 1928
		Apparently, this was the standard radio listing for my hometown paper into the '30s, after which a generic network primetime schedule (with no station information whatsoever) was carried through the end of the 1940s.
		While I don't usually dabble in nostalgia for nostalgia's sake (an odd thing for an old-time radio enthusiast to say), while researching this section I found a few interesting advertisements and articles that were too evocative of the era to keep to myself.
		In several cases, however, radio and recording historians have been very lucky in recent years in finding representative recordings of otherwise completely lost series.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/5284/1928.html (651 words)

	Alan Beck - The Art of Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Listening-in to radio drama demands a competence in navigating or orienteering through the fictional 'scenery' which this article investigates via the paradigm of cognitive mapping or mental way-finding.
		Radio is being transformed in this digital age and it may lose its very name.
		There is a danger that radio theorists reinscribe, unfortunately, into teaching and research status anxieties from the ‘neurotic’ radio industry and overcompensate by regarding instances of ‘blindness’ as exemplary.
	interact.uoregon.edu /medialit/WFAE/readings/beck (626 words)

	Radio 1907 to 1928 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At first, radio was not a threat to cable technology due to its expense and unreliability but with the advent of Short Wave transmission which provided a cheaper and more reliable service, radio became a real commercial competitor.
		In 1928 the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference was convened to examine the situation and it was decided to combine radio and cable services in one company, Imperial and International Communications.
		The ship-board radio enabled police to warn the captain and he was arrested on board ship.
	www.cwhistory.com /history/html/EmergRad.html (234 words)

	Broadcast History - LA Radio
		Radio broadcasting experiments were being done early in the 20th century, but were halted by World War I. After the war, ham radio operators, who had previously transmitted in telegraphic code, began experimenting with voice transmissions and playing phonograph records over the airwaves.
		In fact, Radio Doings reported in April of 1923 that Mondays would be the "Silent Night" for Los Angeles and vicinity, and that all broadcast stations in the region would go off the air that night.
		On November 11, 1928 the FRC assigned 22 L.A. area stations to new frequencies, as part of a nationwide adjustment of the broadcast band.
	www.oldradio.com /archives/stations/LA/beginning.htm (5380 words)

	The Psychology of Radio Advertising
		The nature of radio, according to psychology of the day, was predisposed to influence its listeners more than any advertising medium yet created; the trick was to utilize this capacity to its fullest extent.
		Practical Radio Advertising advised against the pre-recorded broadcast: "You are aware, if you stop to think, that the artist is not in the studio singing for you, separated from you merely by the thin strands of wire and a mysterious thing called ether.
		Many saw the power radio exercised as dangerous, taking into account both its psychological power and its widespread audience: Walter Lippmann named radio as one of the many elements of national culture that had dangerous sway over American culture, and radio propaganda was much more effective than any other form.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~CLASS/am485_98/graham/psych.html (671 words)

	Radio News Magazine Jun. 1928
		About six years ago the world was startled to read of the invention, by an Englishman, of a so-called "death ray," to which the press attributed lethal powers far wider and more terrible than those possessed by any known weapon of destruction.
		The article goes on to discuss research into "ultra-short radio waves" (microwaves, in today's terminology) and other experiments that had cooked apples and killed rats in the laboratory.
		The airplane's speed may baffle the cannoneer; but radio is swift as light in its pursuit.
	antiqueradio.org /rn28061.htm (195 words)

	Documenting Early Radio
		Chicago was the center of syndication activity, with the National Radio Advertising Company being one of the largest operations, producing shows for such clients as the Meadows Manufacturing Company, Maytag, and Brunswick-Balke-Collender.
		According to radio listings of the day, this was an hour-long tribute to Edison on his 88th birthday intended as the first in a series of Edison-sponsored programs.
		The broadcast was recorded (probably on steel tape) for later relay to Radio Paris and the BBC, where translations were overlaid in French and English.
	www.old-time.com /mcleod/mcleod5.html (1780 words)

	BBC - History of Vinyl - 1920-1929 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The record industry had spent the first twenty years of the century convincing the public that they needed a source of music in the home but they didn't foresee the possibility that it may be free.
		This move to limit radio's output was doomed to failure as new vacuum tube amplification rapidly improved reception and sound quality.
		In fact, the new entertainment conglomerates could now use one (radio) to promote the other (records) and a whole new age of marketing was upon us.
	www.bbc.co.uk /aboutmusic/features/vinyl/19201929.shtml (786 words)

	Don McNeill's Early Years in Radio: 1928-1933
		I was engaged at WISN as an announcer and radio editor.
		He had been in radio for five years, the only career he has ever followed.
		While attending Marquette's college of journalism (he hoped to be an editorial cartoonist), Don was editor of the 1928 Junior yearbook.
	www.richsamuels.com /nbcmm/breakfastclub/1953/early_years.html (378 words)

	Dave's Antique Radio Collection!
		When I was restoring this radio I found that some of the tubes were tagged with a sticker that they tested good in a "Gambles" store in 1936.
		This radio still works very well and will soon have a new Power supply to replace the required batteries which are no longer available at a reasonable price.
		It is one of the familiar console radios from that period of history.
	www.zianet.com /dhassall/oldradios.html (654 words)

	City of New York Ships Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This radio was built by Westinghouse for Admiral Byrd's First Antarctic Expedition.
		This is one of the rare radios from Admiral Byrd's First Antarctic Expedition that still exists.
		The last I heard, this radio was in the possession of a radio collector on the East Cost of the United State.
	www.radiold.com /byrd/byrd_radios/cityofnyradio.htm (173 words)

	1928 Crosley Gembox Model 608 - A 6 tube TRF/Neutrodyne Radio and Musicone Speaker
		About the radio: At last, an easy to use radio with a "single dial" tuner (which actually had been available for a couple of years) that runs on AC power (no more batteries) and the horn speaker has been replaced with a cone speaker for better fidelity.
		Note that the dial is still calibrated in "log" numbers (1-100) instead of frequencies like today's radios which meant keeping a log of where stations could be found on the dial.
		In 1920, Powel Crosley (1886-1961) set out to produce an affordable radio and went on to build one of the most successful electronics companies of the early 20th century, earning him the reputation "The Henry Ford of Radio".
	www.jimsradios.250x.com /crosley608-page.htm (470 words)

	Radio Signals
		Six years later, in 1934, radio echoes of a similar kind from Holland were also heard.
		Where the delayed radio echoes were plotted on graphs - producing what appeared to be star maps - presumably transmitted from the hypothetical probe.
		When transcribed in the same way as the October 1928 signals, the May 9th sequence separates naturally into "panels" of about 40 signals' duration.
	www.mufor.org /radiosig.html (1255 words)

	Radio Hall of Fame - William Paley, Pioneer
		Born in Chicago in 1901, William S. Paley entered radio in 1928, when he became President of the struggling United Independent Broadcasters and its Columbia Network of Stations.
		It was quickly recognized as one of the finest news organizations in the world, providing regularly scheduled reports and analysis from Edward R. Murrow, H. Kaltenborn, William L. Shirer and others.
		William S. Paley was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
	www.radiohof.org /pioneer/williampaley.html (217 words)

	The Hammond Museum of Radio. The Rogers Collection
		Quickly realizing that to sell radios he required local broadcast content was this decision that saw E.S. Rogers convert his 500 watt Ham Station 3BP to the worlds first batteryless broadcasting station 9RB.
		For the radio listener still not served by electric power, the Model 100 was made available less power supply as a Model 105.
		With the introduction of the AC-30 triode in 1928, Rogers Radio Ltd. became the Rogers Tube.
	www.hammondmuseumofradio.org /rogers.html (475 words)

	Radio Recall: Radio's Yellow Brick Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It was a bold experiment by the NBC radio network and The Dodge Brothers Hour to broadcast the voices of six top United Artists stars not only to homes, but into movie theaters via a 55-city hookup.
		As the 1920s neared an end, radio was just beginning to emerge as an entertainment powerhouse, poised to become the movies' primary competition.
		The actress would in fact become one of the first casualties of the talkie revolution, though her vocal abilities may have been unfairly maligned.
	www.otr.com /1928.html (1166 words)

	Allied Electronics - Allied History
		1928: Allied Radio was established as the radio parts distribution arm of Columbia Radio Corporation.
		Consumer demand also grew as radio sets and components not available during the war proliferated.
		The company continued to serve both amateur and professional ham radio operators as one of the few places to locate that “hard to get” piece of radio equipment.
	www.alliedelec.com /AlliedHistory.asp (404 words)

	Radio Service Bulletins, Nos. 1 to 183 (January 1915 to June 1932), from the Bureau of Navigation, Department of ...
		Radio was used for radiotelegraphy, ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship communications, and increasingly as the 1920s and 1930s advanced, broadcasting.
		Tha August 31, 1931 edition of the RSB contained an index to orders of the Federal Radio Commission which were published in the RSB up to that date.
		Footnote 1: Before the creation of the Federal Radio Commission by Act of Congress in 1927 (and later the FCC in 1934), it was the responsiblity of the Department of Commerce to license radio stations.
	www.fcc.gov /mb/audio/decdoc/radio_service_bulletins.html (1283 words)

	Western Historic Radio Museum
		On values or current prices for vintage radios, remember that prices vary from location to location and are dependent on condition, method of sale, time of the year, seller/buyer motivation and many other variables.
		For 1920 radios, Alan Douglas' three volume set, "Radio Manufacturers of the 1920s," is by far the best source of detailed information on radio and manufacturing of that period.
		All radio photographs and all text on all of the pages comprising this website are property of Henry Rogers-Western Historic Radio Museum and are subject to copyright laws.
	www.radioblvd.com /HomePage.html (606 words)

	Inventory of the WGST Radio Station Records, 1928-1975 MS #008 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Much opposition to the sale of the radio station came from the governor, legislators, and alumni, but the Board of Regents approved the sale and in the following year, operations were turned over to the Meredith Corporation.
		The WGST Radio Station Records document the history of the station, from its founding to its eventual sale, spanning a total of 52 years.
		Correspondence was typically exchanged between the station personnel and the Board of Regents or other Georgia radio stations and concerned daily operations and the two court cases.
	www.library.gatech.edu /archives/FindingAids?/MS008/full (854 words)

	Antique Radio Classified: Book Review
		For the glorious years of the radio industry, Philco moved right in and walked right off with the industry's sales records.
		Automotive radio is not covered in this book, although Philco had become a major supplier of original equipment manufacturers (OEM) auto radios through the 1930s, as well as a big name in aftermarket sets in the same era.
		Philco Radio 1928-1942 is published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 77 Lower Valley Rd., Atglen, PA 19310.
	www.antiqueradio.com /bookrev4_10-95.html (707 words)

	Antique Radio Classified: The 1936 Philco 116B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As we all know, one of the largest and most successful of the early radio companies was Philco.
		With excellent dealer outlets all over the country, Philco had a great dealer base when it entered the radio market in 1928.
		His interest is primarily in cathedrals and 1920s battery sets, and his collection ranges from crystal sets to a 1928 American Bosch in a Pooley cabinet.
	www.antiqueradio.com /Philco_8-96.html (344 words)

	Leo Meyerson, WØGFQ, Radio Pioneer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Leo Meyerson, WØGFQ, is a renowned pioneer in the history of radio in the Midwest.
		Leo was first licensed as an amateur radio operator in 1928, supporting his hobby with money earned as an organist, playing at the local theater during silent movie days.
		In 1980 Leo was elected a fellow of the Radio Club of America, one of the most prestigious radio clubs in America.
	www.qsl.net /kp4md/w0gfq.htm (482 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- By Radio -- Dec. 10, 1928
		Composer Braine had his inspiration a year ago in a radio station when S. calls came in from a Greek ship off Georgia.
		The same dots and dashes now punctuate his three-minute composition which, if uneventful, was fittingly enough the first to have its premiere by radio.
		Evidently the microphone held less terror than a sea of faces for Wisher Walska sang over the radio last week as scheduled, prettily, quaveringly, the "Dich teure Halle" from Tannhauser, Giordoni's Coro Mio Ben, and "Daddy's Sweetheart" by Liza Lehmann.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,928351,00.html (369 words)

	Fort Wayne Radio Club History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The first ARRL Indiana Convention was held in Fort Wayne, IN on July 17-19 1924.
		On April 3 1928 Wade Pitcher 9AAI was authorized to contact the city about procuring radio equipment for protection of the community in times of disaster.
		Pitcher was attributed as having built and installed the first police radio system.
	www.fortwayneradioclub.org /clubhistory/index.html (236 words)

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