Breaking Walls - EP76: Over There—The War for Radio’s Airwaves (1912 - 1922)

Breaking Walls is a once-per-month audio documentary on the
history of American Network Radio Broadcasting, focusing on
people, places, and events from the Golden Age of Radio.


http://thewallbreakers.com/


To find out more about James Scully:


http://thewallbreakers.com/jamesscully/


I personally recommend listening to episodes in this order to get
the full story of the beginning of Radio Wave, and the beginning
of the three major networks NBC, CBS, ABC.


EP75: We Are Echoes—The Birth Of Radio (1887 -
1912)


EP76: Over There—The War for Radio’s Airwaves
(1912 - 1922)


EP77: The Birth Of The Radio Networks—From NBC
To CBS To Mutual Broadcasting (1922 - 1934)


EP82: Depression, War, And The Birth of ABC
(1932 - 1946)


EP83: Sarnoff & Paley: Tainted Friendships,
Tall Tales, Talent Raids, and TV (1934 - 1952)


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Okay so I'm going to copy and paste from James Scully's page for
the high lights .... because truly I can not beat his own words
for his own podcast.


Highlights:
• How the Titanic’s Sinking changed Guglielmo Marconi’s
business
• The Radio Act of 1912 – What it portended
• Charles Herrold and KCBS San Francisco
• Lee Deforest sells out to AT&T
• Edwin Howard Armstrong invents regeneration, and later the
superheterodyne receiver
• War comes to Europe
• The Navy takes over wireless
• How World War I caused radio technology to boom
• AT&T, Westinghouse, General Electric, and the newly formed
RCA make a deal
• David Sarnoff’s Rise to power
• KDKA and the birth of regular broadcasting


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If you are interested in learning about the history of the Radio;
going as far back as learning about the waves that make Radio
possible then James is the best person to listen too.
  He makes learning about the actual beginning of
wireless telegraphy; and building the very first radio into a
story ....  he brings to life the men and the women whom
strive to bring the beginning of sharing of information beyond
the newspaper; or telegraph.   He uses background music
and sounds that is highly fitting for the time period.