10 Odd Things You Probably Didn't Know About the History of Radio

With traditional radio technology well over a century old, we take for granted the ease by which it is available to us as well as the way it is defined to us as users. The early decades of radio and the peripheral technologies which helped it evolve, were riddled with new and sometimes odd ways of applying this technology to everyday life. This article is based on research done at earlyradiohistory.us which is an extraordinary resource. Now, on with the oddness! (Right: Graphic Credit: © Corey Deitz)