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Empire of the Air

Developing FM Radio

Clip: 1/29/1992 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

Edwin Howard Armstrong was best known for developing FM Radio.

Edwin Howard Armstrong was best known for developing FM Radio — for the first time in history, one person with a microphone could speak to many, influence them, and perhaps change their lives.

01/29/1992 | Expired 01/01/2026

FromKen Burns

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Funding Provided by: General Motors Corporation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting;PBS; the National Endowment for the Humanities

Empire of the Air

Developing FM Radio

Clip: 1/29/1992 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

Edwin Howard Armstrong was best known for developing FM Radio — for the first time in history, one person with a microphone could speak to many, influence them, and perhaps change their lives.

01/29/1992 | Expired 01/01/2026

FromKen Burns

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