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Radio History  Wireless transmissions were a reality in St. Louis as early as 1912 when St. Louis University broadcast weather information in Morse code, but it wasn’t until 1920 that voice transmission became a reality here. Then two boy-genius engineers built a transmitter in their basements in South St. Louis and broadcast results of the Harding-Cox presidential election. Those men, William E Woods and Lester Benson, built several more transmitters through their Benwood company and Read more…

By Ken Ohlemeyer, ago

The Birth of the Kaydee Twins

The two stations were called the Kaydee Twins, and they were heard in the St. Louis area until 1965 when financial problems and a strong labor union shut them down. Station KADY went on the air April 3, 1958, licensed to St. Charles at 1460 Kc. The corporation’s president and general manager, Harlan Moseley, Jr., who was a former advertising executive with Young & Rubicam, announced in a press release that the station had received Read more…

By Ken Ohlemeyer, ago

The St. Louis Sound and sweet notes of collaboration

The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park has a terrific display called St. Louis Sound. It’s a history of popular music in the region, and the St. Louis Media History Foundation is proud to have played a part in assembling it. The museum’s ace curator Andrew Wanko contacted us a couple of years ago with the concept for the exhibit. We dug through our archives, which were still chaotic following the fire that displaced us Read more…

By Ken Ohlemeyer, ago

St. Louis radio was smokin’

Some of the great radio promotional give-aways were the butane cigarette lighters. Here are two from our collection from when St. Louis radio was smokin’. The St. Louis Media History Foundation accepts donations of historic significance to preserve and share with researchers and the community. If you have items you would like to donate, please contact us.

By Ken Ohlemeyer, ago

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