Faded Signals

A celebration of broadcast history in pictures and sounds.

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@Aspen_Bell @RadioSurvivor Sorry I’m just seeing this! Yikes!

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NEW: @KHMOradio signed on the air in 1941 from Hannibal, Missouri. The station is still on the air, carrying a news/talk format.  Townsquare Media owns KHMO, as of 2021. Source: Wikipedia https://t.co/bU8L97WORP

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📷 Here are earlier posts about Baltimore’s WCAO-AM.  As of 2021, it’s still on the air as “Heaven 600,” an iHeartMedia-owned urban gospel station.  It is simulcast on the HD2 channel of sister station WQSR-FM. Source: Wikipedia https://t.co/RloPZTkOFD

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📷 Here are previous posts about Dayton’s WHIO-TV. https://t.co/NMnE23mRcE

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📷 Some disruptive innovation from 1953, when the publisher of Collier’s magazine partly blamed the emergence of TV for the magazine’s dropping circulation. Collier’s was founded in 1888.  The weekly news magazine featured investigative... https://t.co/4E0MIi2O1N

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WSMB signed on from New Orleans in 1925 as the city’s first commercial radio station, a joint venture of Saenger Theater and the Maison Blanche department store. It became an affiliate of the popualr NBC Red Network in the 1930s. As radio’s... https://t.co/Z40DnDnD3O

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Anonymous said: KOYL#8: There is one more person who might know something about KOYL. Bob Bailey at Trans-Global Productions in Odessa TX. He's been running his studio there since the early 70s. i think you can still reach him at (432)... https://t.co/froAXyGzLb

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Anonymous said: AM STATION IN CLARKSVILLE TN? BROADCAST AS LATE AS 1980S MAYBE WDAM-AM. https://t.co/80E4nAVM7n

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Anonymous said: I am a longtime science journalist and historian working on a PhD doctoral dissertation on the history of radio and TV space coverage from 1922 to 2019. From Broadcasting on 16 July 1945 page 66 ("ECLIPSE CLOSEUP") I learned... https://t.co/CowDWQJchx

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Anonymous said: What are the weirdest call-in shows from the radio days that you know about ? https://t.co/SsNyhigPNa

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Anonymous said: What were the original station numbers for WRR before it moved to 1310? https://t.co/HspOcZLbWV

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Anonymous said: I have an old picture of a live radio show with an old friend playing. On the mic I can only clearly read the last two call letters of OX. We live in East Texas, not too far from Louisiana, and I would assume the station was in... https://t.co/yUd7U40Nmc

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Anonymous said: I'm trying to find out when fire broke out at WSPA in Spartanburg SC. I think it was discovered by a hotel clerk just after midnight on May 16th but I can't find the year. https://t.co/tkg0VSGnUi

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Anonymous said: What was the name of the talk show host on WPTF in 70’s early 80’s ? Wetzel ??? thanks! https://t.co/S3z2tqesuo

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Back in the saddle!

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Busy! - Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m still here, but haven’t had time to post anything... https://t.co/jiPvuZmGfU

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Sad #radio news from #Pittsburgh, where pioneering station @kqvnews is going off the air. Story >> https://t.co/C0QrmEHBgL

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@fadedsignals , roadtrip for you: https://t.co/aKJsPoz68M

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A 1944 ad for #Nashville's @98WSIX #radio https://t.co/sZZNTLpIOk #retro #vintage