The network
by Scott Woolley · first published 2016
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Describes the friendship and partnership between David Sarnoff, the head of RCA, and Edwin Armstrong, the developer of the first amplifier, and how they combined efforts to bring the FM transmitter and modern radio to society and forever change the world.
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…am. That realization, and his outmaneuvering of the FCC, was the beginning of the end for ATT. Ironically today MCI is owned by Verizon. If you’re interested in learning more check out this book: The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age https://www.amazon.com/dp/006224275X/
on “FCC declares that USA’s wireless competition problem has been solved” ↗For more on the origins of FM and other related tech, see _The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age_, Woolley and Hoye, 2016, https://www.worldcat.org/title/network-the-battle-for-the-ai...
on “Apple acquires Dark Sky” ↗