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Radio Row is a nickname for an urban street or district specializing in the sale of radio and electronic equipment and parts. Radio Rows arose in many cities with the 1920s rise of broadcasting and declined after the middle of the 20th century.
The earliest radio programs of the 1920s were largely unsponsored; radio stations were a service designed to sell radio receivers. In early 1922, American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) announced the beginning of advertisement-supported broadcasting on its owned stations, and plans for the development of the first radio network using its ...
The introduction of organized radio broadcasting in the early 1920s resulted in a dramatic reorientation and expansion of RCA's business activities. The development of vacuum tube radio transmitters made audio transmissions practical, in contrast with the earlier transmitters which were limited to sending the dits-and-dahs of Morse code .
In April, the local owners of Price Tower sold an undisclosed amount of historic Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff artifacts, which are now up for sale by a Texas-based gallery.
Kodak Starmeter and Starmite Cameras, $74.37. In today's dollars: $762.72 These similar cameras had molded plastic bodies and were touted for their portability.Both used 127 film rolls, which ...
A site that once housed a Walmart near downtown Columbia is now set to be a warehouse for computer-related uses. The Walmart location at 1326 Bush River Road in Columbia, just off Interstate 26 ...
Radio broadcasting has been used in the United States since the early 1920s to distribute news and entertainment to a national audience. In 1923, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one radio receiver, while a majority did by 1931 and 75 percent did by 1937.
Walmart's secret sale room is the perfect place for last-minute gift shopping — all arrive by Christmas Heather Quinlan and Rory Halperin Updated December 20, 2023 at 10:02 AM