In 1926, a priest announced on BBC radio that revolutionaries had destroyed Big Ben and Parliament. Some listeners believed him. The trouble? He had already told everyone it was a joke. #RadioHistory #FunFacts
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@commonplacefacts.bsky.socialIn 1926, a priest announced on BBC radio that revolutionaries had destroyed Big Ben and Parliament. Some listeners believed him. The trouble? He had already told everyone it was a joke. #RadioHistory #FunFacts
@jckaelin.bsky.socialThe 1st Song #WKCR played: #SwingIsHere by #GeneKrupa!
#BOTD: #HBD #WKCRFM!
#OTD #TDIH #October10, 1941: @WKCRFM becomes #history's 1st #FMRadio station. #RadioStations #CollegeRadioStations #JazzRadioStations #ColumbiaU #Radio #RadioHistory #HistoryOfRadio #NYC @wkcroyal.bsky.social
@jckaelin.bsky.social#BOTD: #HBD! Happy Birthday, #WKCRFM!
#OTD #TDIH #October10, 1941: @WKCRFM becomes #history's 1st #FMRadio station.
#WKCR #RadioStations #CollegeRadioStations #JazzRadioStations #ColumbiaU #Radio #RadioHistory #HistoryOfRadio #NYC @wkcroyal.bsky.social
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@thedailyhistorian.bsky.socialFor the first time, a commercial radio station in the United States was under Black ownership and control, helping open the airwaves to a new generation of Black broadcasters and audiences.
Follow the page for more history!
#WERD #BlackHistory #RadioHistory #AtlantaHistory #CivilRights #USHistory
@archive.orgToday, DLARC preserves that history through station records, posters, program guides, DJ manuals, scrapbooks, and more.
Check out the college radio collections and see what student radio sounded like across generations.
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@commonplacefacts.bsky.socialDuring WWII, the BBC kept “Deep in the Heart of Texas” off factory broadcasts because workers kept joining the famous four-clap rhythm. Wartime productivity had apparently met its greatest enemy. #RadioHistory #WWII
@cammacmurchy.comOkay old #radio folks… when was the last time you saw one of these?! It looks like these contain bloopers from my #CKWX news1130 days 25 years ago. How’s one supposed to listen to these in the year 2026?? #radiohistory
@foreigntrivia.bsky.social📻 #119: On the Air
Today's Foreign Five tunes in: a signal that crossed the Atlantic, the first regular broadcasts, a radio drama that panicked a city, Japan's morning exercises, and what FM actually varies.
Five questions, five languages, no sign-up. How many can you get?
#Radio #RadioHistory
@commonplacefacts.bsky.socialIn 1949, Radio Quito convinced listeners that Martians were invading Ecuador. When the station revealed the truth, panic turned to fury, the building was set ablaze, and people died. #RadioHistory #History
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