Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Empire of the Air
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Empire of the Air
Air Date: 01/25/22 | Expires: 12/31/25
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways.
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
S1 Ep1 | 1h 51m 56s
Air Date: 01/25/22 | Expires: 12/31/25
Against the backdrop of radio’s Golden Age, Empire of the Air tells the history of radio.
A Land of Listeners
3m 36s
Air Date: 05/01/17
Radio educated, angered, and delighted Americans of every kind, age, and class.
The Titanic Disaster
3m 16s
Air Date: 05/01/17
The sinking of the Titanic influenced federal law and wireless communications.
Developing FM Radio
4m 49s
Air Date: 05/01/17
Edwin Howard Armstrong was best known for developing FM Radio.
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