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.
Read MoreThough Ohio State had an experimental radio station (8XI) on-the-air starting in 1920, the “official” kickoff to regular radio programming […]
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreWOSU TV is celebrating 63-years of broadcasting this week, going on the air February 20, 1956.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreForty-nine years ago, on May 1st, 1969, Fred Rogers testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications in support of federal funding for public television.
Read MoreSam 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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