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  • WOSU TV 34.1 - A Public Service of The Ohio State University - Columbus Skyline
    Off Air Blog

    WOSU – The Last Locally Owned TV Station in Columbus

    With the news of the Wolfe family in Columbus selling its broadcast stations, including WBNS-TV, all of the major local TV stations except WOSU TV are now owned by large corporate enterprises with headquarters far from this city. 

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  • Ohio State President William Oxley Thompson poses in the WEAO radio studios in 1929.
    Off Air Blog

    April 24, 1922 – Ohio State Radio ‘Officially’ Premieres

    Though Ohio State had an experimental radio station (8XI) on-the-air starting in 1920, the “official” kickoff to regular radio programming […]

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  • Sparks Flew - WOSU's Century On The Air - Thomas M. Rieland book cover
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    Sparks Flew – WOSU History Book Release Set For April 26

    A new book outlining the major role Ohio State and WOSU played in the growth of public broadcasting in America will be released on April 26.

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  • WOSU TV's first broadcast on February 20, 1963.
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    WOSU TV: 63 Years Old and Going Strong

    WOSU TV is celebrating 63-years of broadcasting this week, going on the air February 20, 1956. 

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  • A record of a WOSU on-air id from 1938 still exists on a record at the Ohio State University Archives.
    Making Waves: WOSU’s Century of Broadcasting

    A Chime Tradition on WOSU

    In the early days of radio, WOSU used chimes as part of its on-air id to distinguish itself from radio stations broadcasting on the same frequency.

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    1918 – New Aviation Building Fills With WWI Flyers

    A century ago in 1918, a new building was christened on the Ohio State campus with an odd roof made of glass to train some of the country’s first fighter pilots. It later became the first home of WOSU.

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  • The U.S. Ballon Corps train with A WWI Type R observation balloon at Ross Field in Arcadia, California. Photo: Courtesy of UCLA Library
    Making Waves: WOSU’s Century of Broadcasting

    1918: Ohio State And The WWI Army Balloon Corps

    The officers of the Army Balloon Corps were trained on the Ohio State campus a century ago as part of the new Military Aviation School. The school focused on a range of training from airplane repair to wireless communications, but the Balloon Corps was its most unique unit.

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    Making Waves: WOSU’s Century of Broadcasting

    Mr. Rogers Makes It a Special Day

    Forty-nine years ago, on May 1st, 1969, Fred Rogers testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications in support of federal funding for public television.

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  • Sam Sanders host of NPR's It's Been A Minute.
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    Let the Dialogue Begin with Sam Sanders

    Sam Sanders, host of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute, will moderate discussion on the New Age of Entrepreneurship with Tanisha Robinson, CEO, BrewDog USA and Merry Korn, President/CEO, Pearl Interactive Network on Tuesday, March 6.

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