Tag: The Drive

  • Changes at KSRO beg the question: who killed the radio star?

    Radio is for the ruthless. At least that’s how it seems when rewatching Empire of the Air, a documentary by Ken Burns (who else?), currently being reprised on PBS stations on the eve of its 20th anniversary. The film recounts the bitter patent battle between radio pioneers Edwin Armstrong, inventor of frequency modulation (better known…

  • Changes at KSRO beg the question: who killed the radio star?

    Radio is for the ruthless. At least that’s how it seems when rewatching Empire of the Air, a documentary by Ken Burns (who else?), currently being reprised on PBS stations on the eve of its 20th anniversary. The film recounts the bitter patent battle between radio pioneers Edwin Armstrong, inventor of frequency modulation (better known…