1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 We delve into the Media Network archives to look back at the early days of commercial shortwave broadcasting from the United States.&amp;nbsp;On October 15, 1927,&amp;nbsp;Walter Lemmon, a radio inventor, was granted the first&amp;nbsp;shortwave radio&amp;nbsp;license in the United States and began experimental shortwave station&amp;nbsp;W1XAL&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Boston, Massachusetts. In 1935, the station began transmitting non-commercial, educational, and cultural programs. Supported by charitable institutions it was a not run for profit. The broadcasts came&amp;nbsp;from a transmitter site in Scituate, Massachussets. I found some recordings of the station in the audio section of the US Library of Congress for this programme. And Lou Josephs&amp;nbsp;got me the recordings from a later stage in the station's history when it was WNYW, Radio New York World Wide. He used to work there as a Saturday job in the 1970's, and made some great studio recordings which I haven't heard elsewhere.&amp;nbsp; The Media Network Vintage Vault 2026-2027 http://jonathanmarks.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3015311/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/7512613