Empire of the Air

Developing FM Radio

Clip | 4m 49s  | Video has closed captioning.

Edwin Howard Armstrong was best known for developing FM Radio — for the first time in history, one person with a microphone could speak to many, influence them, and perhaps change their lives.

Aired: 05/01/17

Rating: NR

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Funding Provided by: General Motors Corporation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting;PBS; the National Endowment for the Humanities

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