Category Archives: history
News Contractions
The last of the original radio news services, CBS News Radio, will close on May 22, 2026. Below is President Franklin Delano Roosevelt doing one of his famous “fireside chats” in 1940. You probably recognize the NBC and CBS microphones. … Continue reading
Turn Your Radio On
Turn your radio on and listen to the music in the air…is a gospel song written in 1938 by Albert Edward Brumley. Born in 1905 in Indian Territory, near what is now Spiro, Oklahoma, Brumley’s success with I’ll Fly Away … Continue reading
The Disappearing Discs
The streaming age has marginalized physical media. I have no regrets for ridding myself of my analog music recordings and almost all of my compact discs back in 2010. However, I was less dismissive of my pre-recorded videos, and I … Continue reading
Boosting Broadcasts
Linear television is dying, but with retirement approaching, I decided it was worthwhile to restore free over-the-air broadcasts to Meador Manor. I bought our home in southeast Bartlesville in 1994. Built in 1981 near the end of an oil boom, … Continue reading
Jawhawkers Part 5: Family History
Our stay in Lawrence during Thanksgiving Break 2025 allowed me to explore some family history, since my father was a KU Jayhawk in the late 1940s. Dad had completed a freshman year of studies at Independence Junior College before being … Continue reading
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