From Campus AM to Freeform FM

The technology and licensing backstory: 1920s amateurs, Armstrong’s FM, network consolidation, offshore pirates — the air the campuses inherited.

Playlist by @college_radio_indie

21 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. History Brief: Radio in the 1920s — Reading Through History
  2. BBC at 100 years old - first radio broadcast on this day in 1922 (CE) (UK) (5b) full report — Mark 1333
  3. The history of WSB: Georgia's first radio station | Georgia Stories — GPB Education
  4. A Brief History Of Early Radio — Mike's Tech
  5. Oldest Radio Broadcast 1906 and Rise of The Amateur — creamofcardstv
  6. Radio in the 78 Era (1920-1948) - Jeremy Summerly — Gresham College
  7. History of the Radio — Vintage History Channel
  8. The Secret Life of the Radio - Remastered — tim hunkin
  9. The History of Radio ✪ Retro Documentary Films HD — Retro Documentary Films HD
  10. Armstrong: the Tragic History and Physics of FM Radio — Kathy Loves Physics
  11. How FM Radio Works: A History and Exploration of Frequency Modulation — Broadcast Blueprint
  12. The History of Early FM Radio — NJARC (NJ Antique Radio Club)
  13. The Rise and Fall of National Radio, the Company That Ruled Radio for 76 Years — Buried History with Jonathan Reed
  14. UK Offshore Radio Timeline — TV & Radio Timelines
  15. 25 FORGOTTEN Radio Stations You Could Only Hear After Midnight — Radio Ray
  16. WHRC-FM: America's Smallest Commercial FM Radio Station (early 1980s) — inkwellmagic
  17. AM and FM Radio As Fast As Possible — Techquickie
  18. The First Radio Station — Michael Adams
  19. A Brief History of Radio — Needham Channel
  20. 1944 ON THE AIR - History of radio broadcasting - Documentary — Saturday's World
  21. Is AM radio dead? Tesla thinks so! — Geerling Engineering