#radio-history

#radio-history

Even in an era of CGI and AI, nothing is more vivid than the intimacy and imagination of radio or more direct than the connection radio has with listeners. I remember when the legendary Stan Freberg drained Lake Michigan and filled it with hot chocolate, a 700-foot mountain of whipped cream, and a 10-ton maraschino cherry. We didn't have to see it. We heard it on the radio. It was Freberg's demonstration of what radio can do better than television.

The Divided Dial explores the history and evolution of radio, focusing on shortwave's potential for global connection and its chaotic turns into propaganda.

Arnie Passman, an influential writer and poet, died at 88, leaving behind a rich legacy in radio history and comedic arts.