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The Radio Tower

The Radio Tower is the podcast of the Long Island Radio and Television Historical Society (LIRTVHS). We bring stories of the men and women that work in the field as well as the myths and the machines that made Long Island an early cradle of radio history.

You can learn more about LIRTVHS at our homepage.

Nov 7, 2020

We're running a miniseries of interviews with LIRTVHS board member John Vuolo about the history and development of radios.

John is a radio collector and restoration expert, in charge of helping build and maintain the Society's collections.

Today we tackle the 1920s and the earliest commercially-available sets. How did...