Episode Playlist
- Turn Your Radio On by Gaither, Ben Speer and Rex Nelson
- Amazing Grace by Samaritan Revival
- What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstron
- America, The Beautiful by Ray Charles
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
- Meet Me In Heaven by Johnny Cash
- God’s Problem Child by Willie Nelson
- Country On by Luke Bryan
- One Pair Of Hands by Carroll Roberson
- You’ll Never Walk Alone by Elvis Presley
- You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban
- The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
- Healer by Casting Crowns
- Come Jesus Come by Stephen McWhirter
- I Need An Angel by Ruben Studdard
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee by Patsy Cline
- I Saw The Light by The Chuck Wagon Gang with John Conlee
- Just As I Am by Alan Jackson
- Moon and Spica (StarDate)
- On My Father’s Side by Jay and Tammy
- There Is Sunshine by Hims Praise
- Somebody Touched Me by The Stanley Brothers
- First Step To Heaven by Rhonda Vincent & The Sally Mountain Show
- The Ten Commandments by Johnny Cash
- He’s So Wonderful by Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers
- Set A Fire by Michael W. Smith
- Remind Me, Dear Lord by Alison Krauss and The Cox Family
- I Will Not Cry Today by The Chuck Wagon Gang
- Eres Tu by Mocedades
- One Day At A Time by Jay and Tammy
Song Gallery
National Radio Day
HISTORY OF NATIONAL RADIO DAY
Though we typically attribute the invention of the radio to Gugliemo Marconi in the 1890s, Nikola Tesla was reportedly first to demonstrate radio in 1893. Nonetheless, the process spanned decades, with many scientists making small but significant contributions to the understanding of electromagnetic induction, electric conduction, and radio waves. For example, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz discovered radio waves in the 1880s, which helped prove a theory of electromagnetism put forth by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873.
It took quite a bit of time after the discovery of the radio for the technology to be used as communication — this was both because the inventors hadn’t yet realized the practical and life-changing applications of their development and because there were many more components needed to transmit and detect electrical waves.
Public radio broadcasting has its own inventor and that’s Lee de Forest. He transmitted the first public radio broadcast, which featured the voices of opera stars, in 1910. De Forest’s Radio Telephone Company went on to manufacture the first commercial radios which could pick up a signal from miles away.
Obviously, radio was huge for music and changed the landscape of the industry immediately. News took to the radio, as well, and announcers could quickly hop on air to deliver the happenings of the day to a massive audience. The first radio news program was broadcast on August 31, 1920, out of Detroit — at a station that survives today as WWJ. In the early 20th century, radio also began to be used for broadcasting sports, aiding telephone services, and even navigating by airplane.
With the digital revolution and the wireless era, radio changed and adapted. Today, though radio is used for a variety of functions, it no longer holds its former top slot in entertainment and news media. With television, the internet, and more, it’s hard for radio to compete in that space – but people still love it, and it doesn’t look like radio is going away anytime soon. In fact, we appreciate radio even more these days for its old-school vintage.
Resolution of Appreciation to KNCT Radio and Television
Signed in 1980 by General Richard E. Cavazos, who at the time was the Commanding General of III Corps and Fort Hood.
Today’s Poem
My Old Radio by KIERAN1369 (CosmoFunnel.com)
Radio silence is on my radio once more
Would be nice to hear a song that’s for sure
I hear cackle and static as I move the dial
Surely I will hear something in a short while
On my radio nothing is found or preset
Had it for years with memories I can’t forget
The cackle and static grow louder with each twist
As I contemplate all the songs I may have missed
Ten minutes later audible sounds are heard
A song by Joplin I can clearly hear every word
My radio may be old just like dear old me
Just takes time to warm up as you can see
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