Library of American Broadcasting

10/30/2026

KLS was a pioneering Bay Area station launched by brothers Stafford and Eugene Warner (no relation to the movie studio). They were amateur radio operators who ran a radio parts shop. The amateur station operated from the shop and eventually became a commercial station in 1922.

The Warner brothers spent $30,000 to build their innovative “Radio Village,” and moved KLS there in 1937. Eleven cottage-style shops around a central courtyard housed the KLS studios, offices, and the brothers’ radio supply store. The station’s 250-watt signal was boosted to 1,000 watts at the new location.

KLS changed its call letters to KWBR (for Warner Brothers Radio) on September 10, 1945.

10/28/2026

The first broadcast of the National Broadcasting Company, or NBC Radio, was heard on Nov. 15, 1926. Author John Schneider tells how it came about.

10/27/2026

Noah Webster Says (1942-1951), an audience participation radio program created, hosted, produced, and written by Haven MacQuarrie (left), offered cash rewards to contestants for correct definitions and derivations of words in the Merriam-Webster unabridged dictionary.

Wordplay (1986-1987) was a television game show hosted by Tom Kennedy. Three celebrity guests gave two contestants possible definitions of unusual words, and the contestants had to determine which definition was correct.

10/26/2026

10/23/2026

KVI was first licensed on November 24, 1926, to the Puget Sound Radio Broadcasting Company in Tacoma. It made its debut broadcast from the First Presbyterian Church on the evening of February 13, 1927.

During the "Golden Age of Radio", KVI was a network affiliate of CBS. It also carried programs from the Don Lee Network.

10/20/2026

We Interrupt This Week (left) was a short-lived satirical news panel quiz show, hosted by British satirist and writer Ned Sherrin, broadcast on PBS from October 1978 to March 1979. Two three-player teams of media personalities and journalists answered questions about the past week's news. They earned points for correct answers, as well as for clever, witty, or absurd responses.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (right), the hour-long weekly news radio panel show on NPR, premiered in 1998. Playwright and actor Peter Sagal has hosted for most of the program's run. Newscaster Carl Kasell served as announcer from 1998–2014 and also as judge and scorekeeper. On the program, panelists and contestants are quizzed in humorous ways about that week's news.

10/19/2026

David Santrella, Chief Executive Officer, Salem Media, will be among those honored, and Juju Chang, co-anchor of ABC News Nightline, will emcee the 23rd Annual Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts awards luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, at Gotham Hall in New York City. https://www.tvradiolibrary.org/giants-2026

10/16/2026

Postcard shows the original transmitter building for radio station KSL, located near the Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, Utah. Designed in the Art Deco style, it featured a curved glass-block facade and was originally built around a massive Western Electric transmitter.

It was built and put into service in October 1932; it was demolished in 1986 because of its low elevation and spring flooding concerns, and replaced by a modern concrete facility on higher ground.

The QSL confirms that the listener heard "news, Borden's program, Rexall show" from 7:55 to 9 pm, CST.

10/15/2026

Jaime Jarrin, legendary Spanish-language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Suzyn Waldman, longtime radio broadcaster for the New York Yankees, will be among those honored at the 23rd Annual Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts awards luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, at Gotham Hall in New York City. https://www.tvradiolibrary.org/giants-2026