Remembering Marin’s first community radio station

Remembering Marin’s first community radio station

Despite its many audio and video challengers, radio has survived and flourished in the United States for more than a century. From its beginnings in the early 1920s, the golden age of radio had already emerged by the late 1920s and early 1930s. The early history began with commercial radio; that is, stations with paid staff and a regional audience, supported by advertising revenue. In contrast, the first United States noncommercial public radio …