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Empire of the Air

Radio Made America A Land of Listeners

Radio educated, angered, and delighted Americans of every kind, age, and class.

Aired 01/29/1992

FromKen Burns

Empire of the Air

Radio Made America A Land of Listeners

Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 36sVideo has Closed Captions

Radio educated, angered, and delighted Americans of every kind, age, and class.

The invention and introduction of radio made America a land of listeners — it entertained, educated, angered, and delighted Americans of every kind, age, and class.

Aired 01/29/1992

FromKen Burns

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

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