The Museum’s Quarterly Journal, Dials and Channels

The National Capital Radio & Television Museum publishes for its members a scholarly quarterly journal called Dials and Channels, with fascinating articles about the history of radio/TV technology and broadcasting. Members can get the journal as an emailed PDF file or, for a slight extra charge, a mailed hard copy. Museum members have downloadable access to ALL back issues of the journal and its predecessor newsletters on the members-only portion of the Museum’s website.

Check out these sample Dials and Channels issues:

Vol. 17 #1, February 2011 (Lead article: “An Earical Illusion:” Radio Sound Effects)

Vol. 18 #4, December 2012 (Lead article: Crystal Radios)

Vol. 23 #2 May 2017 (Lead Article: Marconi and his Wireless Telegraph)

Vol. 24 #4, December 2018 (Lead article: The Rise of Broadcast News, Part 1: Radio to 1945. It Wasn’t All Murrow)

Vol 26 #4 December 2020 (Lead Article: I Love Lucy and Desilu)