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\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following news item<\/a> about a new museum dedicated to the history of media and communications technology. Located in Kansas City\u2019s Crossroads Arts District, the Media Tech Museum features more than 900 artifacts tracing the evolution of communication\u2014from telegraphy and early radio to television, film, and digital media.<\/p>\n

Click here to read and watch via KCTV.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following news item about a new museum dedicated to the history of media and communications technology. Located in Kansas City\u2019s Crossroads Arts District, the Media Tech Museum features more than 900 artifacts tracing the evolution of communication\u2014from telegraphy and early radio to television, film, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,288],"tags":[4895,11131,4091,9247],"class_list":["post-66262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-media-tech-museum","tag-radio-history","tag-radio-museums"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-heK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62803,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/radio-and-resistance-the-legacy-of-radio-plzen\/","url_meta":{"origin":66262,"position":0},"title":"Radio and Resistance: The Legacy of Radio Plzen","author":"Thomas","date":"May 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing this excellent article from Radio Prague International, which commemorates the 80th anniversary of Radio Plzen\u2019s powerful broadcast urging resistance during World War II: https:\/\/english.radio.cz\/radio-plzen-voice-changed-history-80-years-ago-8849932","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65380,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/celebrating-90-years-of-radio-bulgarias-english-voice\/","url_meta":{"origin":66262,"position":1},"title":"Celebrating 90 Years of Radio Bulgaria\u2019s English Voice","author":"Thomas","date":"February 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia who shares the following article from Radio Bulgaria--a retrospective that traces the history of the English Service of Bulgarian National Radio, marking nine decades of international broadcasting that brought Bulgaria\u2019s news, culture, and music to listeners around the world. 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