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Pearl Harbor Was No Hoax – Dale’s Daily Data
Pearl Harbor Was No Hoax – Dale’s Daily Data
Pearl Harbor Was No Hoax – Dale’s Daily Data
You probably know the story of the Orson Wells radio spoof back in 1938.  Back then he was doing a weekly radio show when it was interrupted by what sounded like a very real report that an alien space ship had landed in New Jersey.  And even though they told people throughout the program that it wasn’t real – people thought it was and it kept the country in a panic for hours. All over the coun...
Dale’s Daily Data: Radio’s Success Linked To A Boxing Match
Dale’s Daily Data: Radio’s Success Linked To A Boxing Match
Dale’s Daily Data: Radio’s Success Linked To A Boxing Match
You may have wondered why most radio and TV stations have their call letters begin with a W or a K.  It’s because those letters were assigned to American airwaves by an international convention held in London in 1912.  We also got A and N, but those were reserved for the Army and Navy.  Canada gets a C.