[Qcwa] Fwd: PBS EMPIRE OF THE AIR:

[Bob Peters]

I  guess  not in the Dallas  Market  what a bummer..

Bob K1JNN



At 06:38 PM 12/9/02 -0600, you wrote:
>============================================
> >FROM: Gene Nailon  K5DLE
> >8 Dec. 2002
> >
> >Hello Folks;
> >
> >EMPIRE OF THE AIR is airing Monday night on PBS at 8:00PM
> >Central, 9 Dec. 2002.  Check your local listing.
> >This is MUST SEE for anyone interested in radio.  2 hrs long.
> >Don't let this one get away, it has not been on in a long
> >time.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Gene
> >==========================================================
> >
> >Empire of the Air . About the Film | PBS
> >
> >For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American
> >consciousness as the first mass medium.  In Empire of the
> >Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of
> >three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility
> >for this invention and its early success, and whose genius,
> >friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways.  This
> >is the story of Lee de Forest, a clergyman's flamboyant son,
> >who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a
> >brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and
> >David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created
> >the most powerful communications company on earth.
> >
> >Against the backdrop of radio's Golden Age, Empire of the
> >Air relates the history of radio through archival photographs,
> >newsreels of the period and interviews with well-known
> >radio personalities.
> >
> >NARRATOR
> >Jason Robards
> >
> >ORIGINAL BROADCAST DATE
> >January 29, 1992
> >======================================================
>
>73,
>Gary Harrison, K0BC
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