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Let Distant Lands Converse: Reginald Fessenden and the Creation of Speech Radio

Authors: Street, S.

Abstract:

Let Distant Lands Converse: On Christmas Eve 1906, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden transmitted the first planned radio programme. Sean Street investigates the story of the broadcast from Brant Rock, Massachusetts, which consisted of a speech, a gramophone record and a live violin solo. He reveals the impact this had on listeners, some of whom thought the human voice they heard was a ghost, and the cultural significance of this major technological advance

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