History of Radio
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How electric vehicles could spell death for the oldest form of radio broadcastingYour next car could very well be a full-on electric vehicle. But will it come with an AM radio? The future is looking increasingly dodgy for that kind of listening.EntertainmentJul 31
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The peculiar comforts of radio stations in cottage countryNow that we're into July and COVID-19 is waning a little bit, people are looking to slip away from the city for a brief respite in the wilderness. Time for some old-school radio.EntertainmentJul 4, 2021
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Alan Cross: Before radio, there was the ThéâtrophoneThere's a reason why a generation of people referred to the radio as 'the wireless,' Alan Cross explains.EntertainmentSep 27, 2020
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The car radio turns 90 this year. A history of that thing in your dashboard.Around 1920, someone decided that they needed some tunes for their horseless carriage. Ninety years later, we're still listening to the radio in the car.CommentaryJun 28, 2020
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Radio officially turns 100 this year — and how Canada was a major pioneerCommercial broadcasting as we know it started a century ago this spring. Alan Cross explains how Canada helped make it happen.CommentaryMay 3, 2020
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 886: 100 years of radio, part 1Commercial radio broadcasting celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Here's how we got this far.EntertainmentApr 24, 2020
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