[Qcwa] Fwd: PBS EMPIRE OF THE AIR:

[Sam Rowe]

All, Just for general information, this program is available at many
libraries and video stores. It is well worth renting.
Sam  KG9NG
At 06:38 PM 12/9/02 -0600, Gary Harrison wrote:
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>>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brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and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
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>
>73,
>Gary Harrison, K0BC
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