Day of Broadcasting pt 2

During the time I was talking to my friends through a cup and a string in 1975, my mind could never wrap around holding a transmitter in my hand in 2019 called an iPhone creating this blog post. Above is a picture of  a French ship to shore radio station circa 1904. Although Guglielmo Marconi was credited with the first radio communication in the 1890’s, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz was credited with the first electro magnetic waves or radio waves.
Every year August 20th National Radio Day recognizes the marvelous invention of radio. Lee De Forest transmitted the first public broadcast on January 13, 1910. It should be no surprise that transmission was the harmonic sound of music. The voices of Enrico Caruso and the Metropolitan Opera singers were listened to by the public and press from several locations with earphones. Below is a photo of the advertisement and first ever equipment set.

For the next week journey with me through broadcasting history. I’m not sure why radio talk shows have always kept my attention but I’m sure it has something to do with that radio my grandfather kept on throughout the night in his room. Or walking through my neighborhood as a teen late nights looking up at that radio in the window upstairs in that house L.M. Duck lived in. It’s not only the melodies and singing voices that mesmerized me on this box with sound, but the great stories I’ve heard and vast amount of information I’ve received over the years through radio. 

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The Day of Broadcasting

I remember tying a string to a cup and playing radio with my friends. It was amazing to us how sound would travel through that string into someone’s ear. We eventually upgraded to a tape recorder and saved our voices to playback in amazement of how different we sound on tape. I would be the host and would interview my cousins and friends right on the porch. By the time I reached the eighth grade I was already keeping a journal for English class that my teacher Mrs. Ammon said was amazingly detailed and candid. She was the first person to tell me I should pursue writing as a profession. 

This week I will take you on a historical journey of  the history of radio and the journalist, host and disc jockeys that made history. I will also take you along my personal journey from that string we held an talked to each other through the cup, to a published author and podcast host. Much respect to all who are involved in broadcasting, this is your day. National Broadcasters Day. 

If you didn’t know, now you know. 

Dajournalist