Happy birthday Guglielmo Marconi. He invented radio and broadcasting just so I would have a job and be able to bring my inane content and musings to the masses
Marconi shut down detractors who said his radio waves could never go more than 200 miles because of the curve of the earth. His first try went over 2,000 miles.
KING FM listener Michael got a call from someone saying they were with our station, and that he had “won a vacation in the Bahamas.” That's when alarms go off
“We listened in a room, through the miles and miles of night. Deep in the heart of the Bible belt in the golden radio light.
Mr. Radio, you come down here to keep us company.”
Mr. Radio – Roderick Falconer
Back in 1933, there were no tablets, smartphones, laptops or computers at all...