Open Directory - Arts: Radio: History
See also: This category in other languages: - These pages record some of the history of the early English-language sponsored or commercial stations that transmitted to the United Kingdom during the 1930s. - From Mrs. Dale's Diary to Take It From Here. A collection of BBC Radio programmes in the 1950's are reviewed here. Some with audio clips. - Links to early US radio documents from the Department of Commerce, Federal Radio Commission, and Federal Communications Commission. - An historical archive of pop music radio surveys from the 50s through the 80s. The searchable singles and albums chart data are cross-referenced and include many local or regional hits. - Analysis and history of the US show that ran from 1928 to 1943, written by Elizabeth McLeod. - BBC site with historic recordings from the first daily radio service in 1922 until the end of World War 2. - The history of radio broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area, including streaming audio, photographs and memorabilia dating back to the early 20th Century. - The history of 1965 Los Angeles rock and roll radio station KHJ. - Memories of radio stations and broadcasters of the 20th century. Contributions welcome. - History of Radio Stations in Central Florida form Orlando to Deland - Radio and TV memories of stations in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston and New York. - Chronicles the history of De Forest radios. - History of Buffalo, New York's "Father of Rock and Roll Radio." Features pictures, sounds and articles on George "Hound dog" Lorenz. - AM and FM station lists from the 1920s through 1950s. Articles mostly on early history of radio and TV. - History of Central Florida Radio Stations. Biographies, Memorabilia, and Audio clips of Central Florida radio stations and personalities. - Presents a visual and audio history of WDRC, Connecticut's oldest radio station. - Personal site of a pop music radio fan in the UK details the history of Radio Caroline, 207, 208, RNL and other stations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. With photos of studios, towers, and disc jockeys. - Pictures and audio from the UK's BBC Radio London, LBC Newstalk (commercial speech station) and Imperial College Radio (student station). - Larry's erratic history of being a disc jockey starting in California in 1967. Also the technological changes that have occurred to change the industry. - A look at radio history in the UK from 1920 until today, paying tribute to the BBC, BBC Local Radio and Independent Local Radio. - The BBC's story of Marconi's first trans-Atlantic broadcast in 1901 from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland. - Notes on the members - Articles on early history of TV and FM radio mostly in the New Hampshire area of the US, by Norm Gagnon. - Pictures of old BBC radio equipment and memories from the people who used it. - The radio, mostly French, its history, its stories. On the radio and the Internet. - Experience the history of broadcast radio including both news and entertainment. Plus a monthly updated timeline of broadcast radio and many links to other radio-related material. - History of the pirate Radio London, off the Essex coast in the mid-1960's. Includes useful context of why the pirate stations emerged. - Unofficial look back over the years of Britain's BBC Radio One and Two. Includes sound files, jingles, listings, disc jockey profiles and photographs. - These monthly Radio Service Bulletins were published by the US Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce in the 1920s and early 1930s. - Radio programs on CD for trade. - A collection of articles about the history of radio broadcasting in South Florida -- from 1923 to present. Part of the South Florida Radio Pages. - A site which presents the history of St. Louis Broadcast Radio. - Resources, documents, history, and trivia relating to US radio stations from 1913 onward. - A history of the Marconi Company, founded by Guglielmo Marconi. - In the United Kingdom you were required - from 1922 until 1971 - to pay for a radio licence in order to legally listen to the wireless. Illustrated history. - Articles and extracts about early radio and related technologies, in the United States from 1897 to 1927. By Thomas H. White. XML Feeds: - Radio Heritage Foundation provides an online archive collection of stories about pacific radio and a broad range of advocacy, research, education, publishing and other programs. [RSS]
