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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Against the backdrop of radio’s Golden Age, Empire of the Air tells the history of radio.

About Empire of the Air

For fifty years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” Empire of the Air examines the lives of three remarkable men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity combined in unexpected and often tragic ways.

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