WSMB - Exhibit Hall
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Some exhibits are open - others are stiil being developed
American Broadcasting Company (1927) - a short-lived but enormously ambition attempt
Birth of Cable Television - the nuts and bolts of how it was born in an Oregon coastal town
Cecil and Sally - an early West Coast syndicated program
Christmas on the Radio - Christmas holiday presence on, and about, radio
Early Radio Sheet Music - radio in popular song
Early Recorded Music about Radio - Tin Pan Alley sings about radio and its influence
KGW Hoot Owls - how amateur performers captured national attention for the benefit of charity
Harry Grannatt - an insurance salesman whose literary flair made it to Broadway
Kids TV Programs - cartoons and hosts aimed at youngsters
The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts and Texaco - a sponsorship unparalleled in broadcast history
NBC's Radio Cities - NBC's vision of radio's primary role as expressed architecturally
Nighthawks, Night Owls and Hoot Owls - early radio late night audience shenanigans
Radio as a Brand - unrelated 1920s products which branded themselves with the term radio
"Presidential" Campaigns - humorous runs for office from Eddie Cantor to "The Fonz."
Radio's Famous News Commentators - they significantly influenced the nation we approached and endured through World War 2
Radio On the Listener Level - scrapbooks assembled by individuals following entertainers and stations
Seattle's Totem Broadcasters - the nation's first radio production company
Sponsored By... - the 1920s drift into a commercial radio system
World War II - the sounds of America's learning about Pearl Harbor
Birth of Cable Television - the nuts and bolts of how it was born in an Oregon coastal town
Cecil and Sally - an early West Coast syndicated program
Christmas on the Radio - Christmas holiday presence on, and about, radio
Early Radio Sheet Music - radio in popular song
Early Recorded Music about Radio - Tin Pan Alley sings about radio and its influence
KGW Hoot Owls - how amateur performers captured national attention for the benefit of charity
Harry Grannatt - an insurance salesman whose literary flair made it to Broadway
Kids TV Programs - cartoons and hosts aimed at youngsters
The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts and Texaco - a sponsorship unparalleled in broadcast history
NBC's Radio Cities - NBC's vision of radio's primary role as expressed architecturally
Nighthawks, Night Owls and Hoot Owls - early radio late night audience shenanigans
Radio as a Brand - unrelated 1920s products which branded themselves with the term radio
"Presidential" Campaigns - humorous runs for office from Eddie Cantor to "The Fonz."
Radio's Famous News Commentators - they significantly influenced the nation we approached and endured through World War 2
Radio On the Listener Level - scrapbooks assembled by individuals following entertainers and stations
Seattle's Totem Broadcasters - the nation's first radio production company
Sponsored By... - the 1920s drift into a commercial radio system
World War II - the sounds of America's learning about Pearl Harbor