Tune In To Rewound Radio Today! Saturday, 12n Eastern For the Day the Music Died
"The Day the Music Died" on WCFL was nearly 50 years ago on March 15th, 1976. WCFL threw in the towel leaving "The Big 89" as the lone AM Top 40 sta [...]
From Transistors to Timelessness: A Reflection — Celebrating the Top 40 Sounds of 1966
FOREWORD FROM THE CURATOR
Revisiting the Year When Pop Grew Up — And Radio United America With Its New Soundscape
By Jim Feliciano, Co-Curator, [...]
Dallas Townsend: Voice of Integrity—The CBS World News Roundup
Introduction: A CBS Radio Voice That Helped America Understand Itself
For nearly four decades, Dallas Townsend was more than a broadcaster — he was [...]
40 Million Listeners Strong: Preserving the Past — The Amos ’n’ Andy Legacy
Introduction: When a Nation Leaned Toward the Speaker
In the early decades of the 20th century, radio was not merely a medium — it was a national h [...]
Rocket Man: The Song That Sent Elton John Into Orbit — This Day in 1972
INTRODUCTION: ROCKET MAN (1972): THE SONG THAT LAUNCHED ELTON JOHN INTO THE STRATOSPHERE
On this day, 54 years ago, when “Rocket Man (I Think It’s [...]
Neil Sedaka (1939–2026)
Few singer-songwriters bridged the eras of American pop with the elegance, resilience and melodic brilliance of Neil Sedaka. From the Brill Building h [...]
Post Script: Remembering Gary Owens—The Voice, The Wit, The Gentleman
A genuinely great broadcaster left us ELEVEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (2-12-2015).
As remarkably gifted as Gary Owens was, he excelled at something far gr [...]
John R. Richbourg: The Soul WLAC Ambassador of Black American Music
JOHN R.: THE VOICE THAT CARRIED THE BLUES ACROSS AMERICA
A USA Radio Museum Tribute Feature
Long before FM dominated the dial, before playlists [...]
From Gimbels to Greatness: The Evolution of WINS New York
Introduction: WINS New York — The Beat of a City Becoming Itself
From its earliest days on the air in the 1920s, WINS New York stood at the crossro [...]
Celebrating Fred Winston: Honoring the Big Voice of the Big 89
Winston: He was the Big Voice of the Chicago Airways
Introduction: A Voice That Became Part of the City
Some radio voices become familiar. A few [...]
Rewound Radio Salutes WCFL: March 7 & 14
Chicago’s Rock & Roll Powerhouse
A Two-Part Salute on the Rewound Radio DJ Hall of Fame
This coming March, the USA Radio Museum proudly joins [...]
The Last Radio in the House Is in the Car — And It’s at Risk
Can You Imagine America Without AM Radio in Its Cars?
Congress Now Faces a Critical Choice: Protect AM Radio or Weaken America’s First‑Alert System [...]
Unforgettable Always — Nat King Cole: ‘Long Live the King’
Introduction: On This Day in Music History — February 15, 1965
There are days in American cultural history that feel suspended in time — days when [...]
Joy to the World: Honoring Chuck Negron and the Legacy of Three Dog Night
CHUCK NEGRON: THE VOICE THAT CARRIED A GENERATION A USA Radio Museum Tribute
Introduction: There are voices that define a moment, and then there ar [...]
Honoring Norman Barrington’s Epic Preservation of Radio’s Most Iconic Sounds
How Norman Barrington Captured the Transatlantic Spirit of Radio for All Generations
Introduction: There are people who collect things, and then th [...]