‘Speeches Must Be Short’: Radio and the Birth of the Modern Presidential Campaign
The origin of the soundbite can be traced to the 1924 U.S. presidential election, the first one ever covered heavily by a broadcast medium, radio.
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DIY Police Scanner of 1935
In simpler times the mere presence of a home-built police scanner was lauded as a home course in law enforcement. But has Twitter killed the police radio star?
Michael Scott Moore Surfing the Airwaves
Miller-McCune’s European Dispatch columnist is out promoting his new folk history of surfing.