The News Dies on CBS. Today. Friday, May 22, 2026
Today CBS News Will Go Dark on the CBS Radio Network
A USA Radio Museum Editorial
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There are endings that arri [...]
“Live From Earth” — The WABX Television Experiment That Was Years Ahead of MTV
Long before MTV, music streaming, or YouTube, Detroit’s legendary progressive rock station WABX-FM was already experimenting with something radically [...]
Mike Seltzer Interview by Jim Hampton – Keeping the Memories Alive
Mike Seltzer is a larger than life, longtime Detroit advertising executive, civic leader, media personality, and one of radio broadcasting’s most pass [...]
MAY 13, 1967: Day When the Supremes and the Monkees Ruled the Airwaves
USA Radio Museum Music Feature for May 13
May 1967 was a month when pop music seemed to accelerate in real time. The world was shifting—socially, p [...]
The Wall of Sound — The Man Behind It: Phil Spector Recalled and Remembered
Phil Spector: A Story of Innovation, Impact, and the Shadows That Followed the Genius
A USA Radio Museum Feature Article
Phil Spector remains on [...]
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The Camel Rock ’n’ Roll Dance Party Remembered
Alan Freed, WINS 1010, and the Sponsored Radio Show That Helped Launch a Revolution
Some radio [...]
Nedra Talley Ross (1945–2026): A USA Radio Museum Tribute
In Honor of the Last Voice of The Ronettes
Introduction
On April 26, 2026, the world lost Nedra Talley Ross—the final surviving member of The Ro [...]
Exclusive Interview: Chuck Buell Across America From KIMN to WLS and Beyond
Chuck Buell is one of radio’s most creative and influential figures, a programmer and a highly respected on-air personality whose career helped shape [...]
Remembering Bob Kevoian by Art Vuolo, Jr.
Like so many, I was deeply saddened by the passing of one of radios great talents, Bob Kevoian of the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show. After [...]
Bob Kevoian of ‘Bob & Tom’ Passes and Mike Kinosian Remembers
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Had the pleasure of profiling Bob a numbe [...]
Exclusive Interview: Pat St. John. The DJ that DJ’s Love
Pat St. John has always sounded like he belongs on the radio.
Not just comfortable. Not just polished. But right—like the medium itself was built for [...]
Making Of a Pioneer — Jack Leroy Cooper: The First Black Voice in American Radio
A Tribute to the Black Pioneer Who Opened Up the Airwaves
Introduction
Long before the rise of rhythm-and-blues radio, before the great nighttim [...]
When Mutual Went Coast to Coast: The Night a Network Found Its Voice
The Broadcast That Made Mutual National
How a Single Winter Night in 1936 Turned a Cooperative Network Into a Coast‑to‑Coast Voice
Introduction
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Pittsburgh’s Master of Make‑Believe: The Enduring Genius of Rege Cordic
Rege Cordic: The Radio Imagination That Woke Pittsburgh
Regis John “Rege” Cordic stands as one of Pennsylvania’s most inventive and influential rad [...]
2025 Inductee: Alice Cooper — The Rock Icon Who Became a Radio Legend
Honoring the Artist Whose 2025 Radio Hall of Fame Induction Honors Decades of Impact Behind the Microphone
In the long arc of American broadcasting [...]