John Logie Baird circa 1925 in an early test of televising two ventriloquist dolls using his transmitting apparatus from the 1927 book Television for the Home. (see this blog for more on the book).

If you follow electronics history, few names were as ubiquitous as RCA, the Radio Corporation of America. Yet in modern times, the company is virtually forgotten for making large computers. [Computer ...

L'athenia Bella (1/2), Lexington Danica (10/3), Lola D'ohara (6/1), Leader D'aimte (9/1), Louliana De Vandel (28/1), Leader De Joudes (28/1), Lettre D'amour (33/1), Luminosity (50/1), Lord Du Bassin ...

Just west of Route 9W in Alpine, where hiking trails trace the cliffs above the Hudson River, a steel tower rises above the treetops. Built in 1938 by Edwin Howard Armstrong, the 425-foot structure ...

Paying tribute to the location’s days as a point-to-point station for ships at sea, the Marconi-RCA Museum tells the story of radio’s role in shaping and maintaining maritime activities around the ...

Marked: "RCA Radiola 18 / Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. / See License Notice on Bottom." Specimen is a six tube (plus rectifier) TRF receiver employing the following tube complement: 1st RF: UX226; 2nd RF: ...

Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, a Russian-American inventor and engineer, was a pioneer of early television technology. He helped develop key innovations in the 1930s, including storage-type tubes, infrared ...

The film discusses the crucial role of vacuum tubes in radio broadcasting, detailing the various jobs involved in the industry, from production and scriptwriting to technical maintenance and ...