Two professors and a preacher invented Columbus radio. It began with science experiments in classrooms and a minister�s desire to expand beyond his churchgoing audience. By 1922; government licenses had been issued for WEAO at Ohio State University and WJD at Denison University. At this same time; a Baptist minister went on the air for an hour each Sunday morning using a 10-watt transmitter licensed as WMAN. In this story of Columbus radio; the work of the professors and the preacher will evolve into radio with advertiser-supported programs of information and entertainment. Three important radio stations will serve a growing Columbus radio audience in different ways: WEAO becomes WOSU; a national pioneer in using radio for teaching; WMAN becomes WCOL and in the 1960s is number one in audience size; and CBS affiliate WBNS becomes the class act of Columbus radio; retaining the major share of local listeners for many decades. Including many other stations of lesser influence; the illustrated stories of Columbus radio are told in this book.
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