AOL

‘The First Martyr to Radio,’ a historic Homewood tragedy, gains a national audience

The tragic death of 19-year-old Homewood resident Lester J. Wolf in 1926 has gone national as an episode of the radio show and podcast “Our American Stories,” hosted by Lee Habeeb. At the time of his ...
PBS

The history of WCHB: The first Black-owned and operated radio station from the ground up

Annette Bass of West Bloomfield shares the history of the Bell Broadcasting family and WCHB radio. Annette Bass has a unique family history. Bass is part of the Bell Broadcasting family, the first ...
PBS

The history of WCHB: The first FCC-licensed African American radio station in the nation

Annette Bass of West Bloomfield shares the history of the Bell Broadcasting family and WCHB radio. Annette Bass has a unique family history. Bass is part of the Bell Broadcasting family, the first ...
The Courier-Journal

Turn back the dial: 100 years ago was the first ever radio broadcast of the Kentucky Derby

The audio of the first radio broadcast from the Kentucky Derby in 1925 has been lost to time, but The Courier Journal printed a word-for-word transcript of it in the newspaper. Radio as we think of it ...