“What hath God wrought?”
appropriated by Sam Morse & Al Vail, 1844

“Unwittingly then, I had discovered an invisible Empire of the Air.”
Lee de Forest circa 1910

“We will be an instrument of great public service.”
Announcement creating NBC, 1926

“Fake radio war stirs terror through U.S.”
Daily News, 10/31/38

“I don’t care what people say. Rock’n’roll is here to stay.”
Danny & the Juniors, 1957

“What they call payola in the disc jockey business, they call lobbying in Washington.”
Alan Freed, 1957

“...in-voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities...”
EBS test, 1968

“Radio is cleaning up the nation.”
Elvis Costello, 1978

“Rush Limbaugh was a failed disc jockey until he heard my radio show.”
Howard Stern, 1992

“There are more emotes per bit in sound than picture.”
Nicholas Negroponte, 1992

“We’d like to make some more acquisitions.”
Mel Karmazin, 1997