Wnax 570 Radio: 1922-2007

by Stan Ray and Marilyn Kratz

Book Overview

Life on the northern plains was lonely in the early 20th century. Farmers and ranchers went for weeks without hearing any voices other than those of their families. Then, in 1922, Al Madson, proprietor of a Yankton radio parts shop, made a radio transmitter. He formed a broadcasting company, and on November 25, 1922, WNAX broadcast its first program. People of the northern plains now had a daily "visitor." Gurney Seed and Nursery Company owned the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738540196
• ISBN13: 9780738540191
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"