[WA2XMN] Empire of the Air - Radio Drama

[Alan Crosswell]

Al,

Thanks for the promotion to professor, but I'm just a guy working in the
administration, not a prof:-)

Thanks again for your presentation last night. It was very well received.

See http://www.armstrongmemorialfoundation.org/ for some other links to all
things Armstrong.

73 de Alan N2YGK

PS: Just like you guys have WA2XMN to honor the Alpine license, we here at
Columbia got WA2XM as the club call for the Wireless Telegraph Club of
Columbia University which was the original name of the club in 1908 (
https://wikis.cuit.columbia.edu/confluence/display/cuarc/W2AEE+History); XM
and then 2XM were the Columbia experimental call signs. Al, you'll note
that 2XM's licensee in 1913 was no other than Prof. Morecroft, Armstrong's
"adult supervision".

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:

> Gang,
>
> You're probably all aware of the Tom Lewis book "The Empire of the Air:
> The Men Who Made Radio," and the Ken Burns video version on PBS. However,
> my hands-down favorite is the radio drama version by Dave Ossman of Fire
> Sign Theater fame.  This was available on CD years ago, but seems to be
> out-of-print.
>
> I was up at Columbia U. last evening to deliver the Armstrong Presentation
> from last Summer's Armstrong Day's at Infoage, and mentioned the CD.
> Columbia Prof. Alan Crosswell knew where MP3's were available on the Web,
> and passed the information along;
>
> Part 1: https://ia600504.us.archive.org/5/items/armstrong-
> commemorative-broadcast/5empire1.mp3
> Part 2: https://ia600504.us.archive.org/5/items/armstrong-
> commemorative-broadcast/6empire2.mp3
>
> These are on www.archive.org: https://archive.org/details/
> armstrong-commemorative-broadcast
> and are available in other audio formats. This site contain the entirety
> of the WFDU/WA2XMN broadcast from the FM 70th Anniversary bash at the
> Alpine Tower in 2005.
>
> I have an original, legally-purchased , copy of the CD, but I didn't think
> it appropriate to rip it and post to the internet. So, I'm very glad it's
> out there.
>
> Grab a copy while you can, and enjoy,
> Al
>
> Al Klase – N3FRQ
> Jersey City, NJ
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
>
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