When the BBC first began broadcasting in the U.K., its transmitters couldn’t cover the whole of the country. But radio soon ...

A new invention which will revolutionize the transmission of pictures by radio was announced here by Louis Weissglas, a Jewish engineer. Weissglas’s invention is based on the use of magnets. It was ...

On June 11, the 70th anniversary of the first FM radio broadcast was celebrated at the site of that broadcast, in Alpine, NJ. The facility, which still stands today, was built by the inventor of FM ...

This is the ninth installment in a recurring series that looks back at developments that have shaped radio broadcasting during the past 100 years, noting advancements and historical moments month by ...

Whether it's annoying or not, that music that pours through our earbuds or speakers on our phones while we're on hold is something we expect. Sometimes it's classical, sometimes it's jazzy. Even if we ...

The National Museum of Industrial History's (NMIH) new exhibit, "Don't Touch That Dial: 100 Years of Radio" hits the airwaves this Saturday. Radios harness the electromagnetic energy around us, and ...

Guglielmo Marconi is clearly the father of wireless telegraphy, but between SOS. calls and the Happiness Boys lies a long period of experimental development. Many men have contributed to radio ...

National Radio Day, celebrated on Aug. 20 in the United States, acknowledges the invention of the radio as an essential form of mass media communication. To mark the occasion, here are seven facts ...

WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) - One hundred years ago today, a young Italian inventor named Guglielmo Marconi stood on a sandy bluff on Cape Cod and sent a 54-word greeting from President Theodore Roosevelt ...