WIBX 950 – This Day In The History Of Our Radio Station
It was 66 years ago (May 2, 1947) that the FCC granted WIBX a move from 1230 am to 950 am, and with it an upgraded signal from 500 watts to 5,000.
It was 66 years ago (May 2, 1947) that the FCC granted WIBX a move from 1230 am to 950 am, and with it an upgraded signal from 500 watts to 5,000.
When Clyde Lewis says the audio he's about to play is the creepiest he's ever heard, that's saying something. The recording is from the mid 1990s and is from a late night broadcast on Columbia University's WKCR in New York City.
Let's head back to the early years of the 1950s. The War just ended, and new technology was emerging all over the world. Here in America it was 1953. The cutting edge of technology was the transistor radio. That cutting edge of technology was created right here in Central New York.
Every now and then we get these studies released that TV is unhealthy for you. How unhealthy is it? According to a new study, every hour of television you watch after the age of 25 reduces your life expectancy by 22 minutes. It's that serious.
Nov 6, 1955, the very first stereo broadcast was heard.
Oct 5, 1921 - The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. The game was between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.
Aug 28, 1922 - The first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City.
There is nothing like hearing a great song on the radio. Every song brings back a flood of memories of what was happening in our lives when that song was playing on the radio. Now new research shows that radio has a higher "happiness" rating than t