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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.
Many rural areas of the Midwest and South did not receive commercial power until the 1960s. Until that point, special radios were made to run on DC power. The earliest so-called "farm radios" used the "A", "B", and "C" batteries typical of 1920s radio sets; these farm radios were identical to those used in cities.
[3] Landmark name Image Location County Culture Comments; 1: Albany Mounds Site: Albany: Albany Mounds Trail 4]: Whiteside: Middle Woodland: Hopewell: 2: Alton Military Prison Site: Alton: inside the block bounded by Broadway and William, 4th, and Mill Sts. 5]: Madison: Euro-American: 3: Apple River Fort Site: Elizabeth: 0.25 miles east-southeast of the junction of Myrtle and Illinois Sts. 6 ...
Cefn Du, the mountain on which MUU was located hosted the first, 1914 antenna. It was, in 1920, extended by 900' using two self-supporting steel lattice towers, 60' on a side. These were removed ca. early 1923, when a new extension, running to the ENE, towards Llanberis, was built using six new guyed lattice masts of 400'.
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 gaming world may be heading to the digital space, but GameStop refuses to leave the classics behind. The video game retail company is turning some of its stores into "GameStop Retro" locations ...
Today is the Ralph Lauren flagship store [19] [81] more images: William H. Moore House: 1898: Renaissance Revival: McKim, Mead & White: New York City: Formerly the America-Israel Cultural Foundation [62] more images: Oliver Gould Jennings House: 1898: Beaux-Arts: Carrère and Hastings: New York City: Owned by Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ...
Rare collectibles from the worlds of music and film, including gold rings owned by Elvis Presley and a letter written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson, will be up for auction this weekend. The "Artifacts ...