Bob Rivers produced a great series of videos a few years ago, about the history of Seattle radio stations. Check it out at: http://vimeo.com/15965471
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A 1935 advertisment from the tobacco company, a sponsor of many radio programs…
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As reported online at Yahoo News:
National Public Radio believes it’s moved beyond just radio.
So the nonprofit network’s dropping the “radio” designation in its company name—so 20th century, right? It’s now rechristened itself to fit the aspirations of a 21st century, multi-platform media company. In other words, no “radio,” please–we’re only “NPR.
“NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller told the Washington Post that “NPR is more modern, streamlined.”
Comment: Audio broadcasts whether through the traditional “radio” or online, are still radio. You might call the online broadcasting “streaming” but it is still the same radio product, either music, news, sports or talk shows. Since most people will be listening with devices such as cell phones, iPods, iPads, etc. it remains “radio”. Radio is simply adding a new platform. That is my opinion.
Video online is NOT radio. Radio stations with webcams, remain radio – with a webcam. It is not, all of a sudden TV just because they added a webcam.
NPR has always considered itself “too hip for the room”. Not worth my dime or my time. Besides, their politically bent to the left and I don’t go that way.
There is a place in Bellingham that houses a big piece of our history, The American Museum of Radio & Electricity. It was founded by radio collectors Jonathan Winter and John Jenkins. As described on the website of amre.us “The Museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the relationship between the scientific exploration of electricity and the development of broadcast radio into its Golden Age—a story with immense cultural, historic, aesthetic, and scientific significance. Among the Museum’s current holdings are unique examples of early scientific instruments and 19th century electromagnetic apparatus, an outstanding collection of more than 10,000 vacuum tubes, and an authentic reproduction of the radio room on the Titanic displaying an original Marconi wireless set.”
You can listen to some of the audio collection on the low-power FM Bellingham Independent KMRE, streaming on the web at amre.us
Saturday, May 19, 9:33 am
 Click the individual station links to find historical data regarding stations, personalities and formats at SeaTacRadio.com
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