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Textbooks of the Air

Long before there were podcasts, there were attempts to use the radio as a way to distribute educational programming.

Apr 19, 2023

Reading Below The Surface

How subcarrier radio signals made room for hidden stations on the FM dial for decades—and help ensure, even today, that everyone has access to the news.

Dec 01, 2020

Swearing In Code

How a ’60s psychedelic band turned a four-letter word into a hummable melody—and unwittingly screwed over a radio DJ who didn’t realize it.

May 17, 2017

Don’t Touch That Dial

Why attempts to improve AM and FM radio technologies tend to land with a thud—a thud no harder felt than with the FMX standard, circa 1989.

Jan 17, 2017

Waaaaay Left of the Dial

Listening to 87.7 FM? That's not a radio station, but an old analog TV station—channel 6, to be exact. It's a total fluke, but Chicago's all over it.

Jun 30, 2016

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