Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Emilio Ruiz, who notes:
Searching archive.org found this [compilation] book: 50 Years of Wireless Design (click to view on Archive.org)
Click here to download a PDF copy.
I hope it will be interesting for you and the readers of the blog.
[The attached] cartoon is very funny… How eliminate “the hand
capacity”:
Excellent find, Elilio! Thank you for sharing!
(Source: Southgate ARC)
A National VOA Museum of Broadcasting Media Heritage presentation
A horse clip-clops down a cobblestoned street. Muffled shouts of street vendors calling out their wares rise up, then fade out.
A long time ago, before the age of the internet—and even before the age of television– radio comedies and dramas entertained the masses by creating stories and situations that relied on the listener’s imagination.
The tools used to help paint those audio landscapes were called sound effects.
The public is invited to join Cincinnati radio historian, WMKV producer and sound effects artist Mike Martini, president of the National Voice of America’s Museum of Broadcasting’s Media Heritage Collection, at “Theater of the Mind: Sound Effects During Radio’s Golden Age” on Tuesday, April 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the VOA museum in West Chester.
Martini will talk about the history of radio sound effects and demonstrate how some of the more popular effects were made.
Audience members will have a chance to try their hands at creating the effects, too. The event is free, but seating is limited. Donations are requested.
The VOA museum is open Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 8070 Tylersville Road in West Chester. General admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children. Museum docents are needed. They are trained on the history of the Voice of America, its technology at the VOA Bethany station, and the history of wireless radio and Cincinnati’s radio and TV broadcast history.
The VOA museum will host its fourth annual fundraiser, “75 Years of Rockin’ the Radio,” on Saturday, Sept. 21. Sponsorships are now available.
For more information on becoming a docent, a fundraiser sponsor or to reserve event seats, email [email protected] or call (513) 777-0027.
Panasonic RF-2200
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balázs, who adds the following note to his recent radio sighting (of a Hallicrafters HT-32 Transmitter) in the series “The Walking Dead.”
Balázs notes that in the season nine finale, he spotted the previously mentioned HT-32 (see image below), in addition to the iconic Panasonic RF-2200 (see image above).
Hallicrafters HT-32 Transmitter
Honestly, I think both of these radios would serve you well in a post-apocalyptic world!
Turns out, The Walking Dead is filmed in Senoia, and Fayetteville, Georgia, USA and SWLing Post contributor, Steve Yothment, lives nearby. As the then president of his radio club, he was consulted last year about radio gear to use on The Walking Dead set. He tells us to look out for an HF amplifier and field strength meter in future episodes! How cool is that?!
I’ll add this post to our ever growing archive of radios in film!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balázs Kovács, who writes:
Hi Thomas,
Some radio fixing and a plan to create a radio connection between the survivor settlements in the latest (shocking) episode of The Walking Dead (S09E15):
Very cool, Balázs–thanks for sharing!
So can anyone name the model of the Hallicrafters rig on the table? Please comment!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Harper (AE5X), who writes:
Your readers might be interested in the spark gap transmitter depiction in Rebellion, a series currently on Netflix:
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2019/03/spark-gap-transmitter-depicted-in.html
Many thanks for sharing, John!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Fahey, who shares a link to this BBC documentary about pirate radio:
Photo source: historyofwowo.com
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Snyder, who shares the following in reply to our previous post about a chunk of the WOWO fire escape in lucite:
Thomas,
Have you ever visited “www.historyofwowo.com“–?
This site was put together by Randy Meyer and has hundreds of photos from 95+ years of broadcasting. Many pictures are from me as I worked there from 1969 to 1982. The link below is to the promotional items page where there is another picture of the “World Famous WOWO Fire Escape” chunk of steel cast in lucite.
These were made in 1978 after the station moved from the Gaskins Building to the Central Building. (By the way, the Central building is no longer there.)
The Gaskins Building was a dismal place with no windows. The air and news people had to open the door to the fire escape to see if was sunny or raining. That is why the local temperature was from the World Famous Fire Escape. My piece of fire escape is in a box in the basement.
Many thanks for sharing this, Dave! WOWO is such an iconic AM station with such a deep history–I’m grateful all of these photos and history are being archived and shared online.