We often think of subscription radio in the U.S. as a fairly new idea. But back in the 1940s, one company was trying to make ad-free subscription radio a reality. How would they make sure people paid?

Classix Philly One Oh Seven Nine is your home for Philly soul right at the top of the dial. That phrase, ‘top of the dial’ doesn’t mean much these days because we all have radios with a digital ...

In 1947, near the 40th anniversary of his invention of the Audion tube, Lee de Forest, “the father of radio,” addressed a message to the National Association of Broadcasters that was widely circulated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – Mount Holyoke College is presenting its 21st annual "The Big Broadcast!" concert, a 1940s-style radio ...

Q We have an old Airline brand table-top radio, 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. Is it worth anything, or should we just send it to recycling? A Your radio and its manufacturer have a fascinating ...

Seated in a secure room within Windsor Castle in October 1940, the fourteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth spoke into a BBC microphone, addressing children living far away from home. It was an important ...

1940 was the Blue Beetle's year. After launching in June 1939 in Mystery Men Comics #1, Dan Garrett, the Golden Age Blue Beetle would get a newspaper strip starting in January 1940, and his own series ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Strike up the band. Whenever Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s stellar nine-piece orchestra strikes up, its classy new staging of “The 1940s Radio Hour” is a little ...