When you think high-tech, what comes to mind? Wi-Fi? Artificial intelligence? Smartphones with more computing horsepower than the Apollo moon missions? A century ago, radio was the technology of the ...

Prior to the advent of radio broadcasting, this was a common scene in U.S. cities and towns, with citizens flocking to newspaper offices for updates on breaking news events. The crowd in this ...

We conclude our series about the early days of broadcasting before and around the famous KDKA broadcast 100 years ago. See other recent articles in the Radio @100 series. In any important endeavor ...

Radios were a pivotal 20th century phenomenon. Developed initially for wireless telegraphy, they carried voice and music after 1920. Although radios faded in home status as television took hold in the ...

Smithsonian Associates presents a new series of educational programs, “The 1920s: Daring To Be Modern,” highlighting the years that followed World War I when the world was fascinated by the new. It ...

World Radio Day is observed on February 13 each year to celebrate radio as a vital medium for entertainment, information, and communication. The radio came into existence commercially in the early ...