# Museum journal Canonical: https://worldradionow.top/museum/journal/ Language: en Radio Museum # Museum journal Journal articles are in English. Search articles All topics All topics Culture History Technology Stations Exhibitions Search articles [](/museum/articles/from-2lo-to-the-world-a-century-of-the-bbc/) history · English ### [From 2LO to the World: A Century of the BBC](/museum/articles/from-2lo-to-the-world-a-century-of-the-bbc/) How a crackly voice from a London rooftop in 1922 became the world's most trusted broadcaster — from 2LO to the Empire Service to today. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/from-2lo-to-the-world-a-century-of-the-bbc/) history · English ### [Sputnik: what a repeating signal could mean to a listener](/museum/articles/sputnik-beeps-and-listeners-on-earth/) A small radio beacon made an orbiting satellite audible from Earth. Its beeps differ from both speech and a broadcast programme. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/sputnik-beeps-and-listeners-on-earth/) history · English ### [Titanic: why having wireless was not enough](/museum/articles/titanic-wireless-listening-and-safety/) The 1912 disaster connects communication equipment with the human and institutional work of listening for distress. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/titanic-wireless-listening-and-safety/) history · English ### [Radio waves were discovered, not invented](/museum/articles/maxwell-hertz-radio-waves-not-an-invention/) Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory and Hertz’s experiments answer different questions from the invention of a receiving set. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/maxwell-hertz-radio-waves-not-an-invention/) technology · English ### [How a telegraph key turns a circuit into a message](/museum/articles/electric-telegraph-how-the-key-works/) A simple electrical circuit explains the key, but different telegraph systems used different ways to represent information. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/electric-telegraph-how-the-key-works/) technology · English ### [Morse code: why the silence matters as much as the beep](/museum/articles/morse-code-why-the-silence-matters/) Dots and dashes are only part of the system. Spacing tells a listener where a character or word ends. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/morse-code-why-the-silence-matters/) technology · English ### [AM, FM and internet radio: three different signal paths](/museum/articles/armstrong-fm-am-and-internet-radio/) Armstrong’s frequency modulation work helps explain why a station’s programme and its delivery method are different things. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/armstrong-fm-am-and-internet-radio/) culture · English ### [Finding more historical voices: a guide to public archives](/museum/articles/historical-radio-archives-beyond-one-country/) Explore Brazil, France and Australia through holding institutions, while checking what each recording actually represents. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/historical-radio-archives-beyond-one-country/) history · English ### [Who invented the radio? Start by asking which radio](/museum/articles/who-invented-the-radio-receiver/) A radio receiver, a wireless telegraph and a broadcasting service have different histories. The invention question becomes clearer when we separate them. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/who-invented-the-radio-receiver/) stations · English ### [2LO: connecting a transmitter with the people who listened](/museum/articles/2lo-and-regular-broadcasting/) London station 2LO provides a specific starting point for exploring the relationship between broadcast equipment and regular programmes. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/2lo-and-regular-broadcasting/) technology · English ### [A radio in a pocket: looking at the Regency TR-1](/museum/articles/regency-tr1-and-portable-listening/) The 1954 Regency TR-1 offers a way to explore the relationship between new components, portable design and everyday listening. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/regency-tr1-and-portable-listening/) culture · English ### [How to preserve a radio memory](/museum/articles/preserving-a-radio-memory/) A practical invitation to record the ordinary details of listening, while keeping personal recollection distinct from independently verified history. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/preserving-a-radio-memory/) technology · English ### [Listening through a crystal: a small receiver, a large question](/museum/articles/crystal-radio-listening/) A surviving receiver helps us think about the practical experience of early listening, from setting up equipment to following a programme. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/crystal-radio-listening/) culture · English ### [When the world entered the living room](/museum/articles/radio-and-the-home/) Thinking about radio as part of everyday life means looking beyond its circuitry to rooms, routines and the people who listened. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/radio-and-the-home/) history · English ### [Radio in the Second World War: voices, audiences and evidence](/museum/articles/radio-in-the-second-world-war/) Broadcasts could inform, persuade or mislead. Understanding a wartime recording begins with its maker, intended audience and historical setting. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/radio-in-the-second-world-war/) exhibitions · English ### [Welcome to the Open Radio Museum](/museum/articles/welcome-to-open-radio-museum/) A free exhibition linking the machines and histories of radio with the living experience of listening around the world. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/welcome-to-open-radio-museum/) history · English ### [Who invented radio? Start by defining the question.](/museum/articles/who-invented-radio/) Wireless signals, receivers and regular broadcasting developed in different stages. A useful history starts by asking which stage we mean. [ Read the story →](/museum/articles/who-invented-radio/) ## Sources & further reading - [Signals without a wire](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1909/marconi/biographical/) - [Listening through a crystal](https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8414466/cats-whisker-crystal-radio) - [2LO: a voice from London](https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/this-is-2lo-london-broadcasting-station-calling/) - [The contested airwaves](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014599) - [A radio you could carry](https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_713528) - [The world is still on air](https://worldradionow.top/about/) - [Who invented the telegraph?](https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/revealing-the-real-cooke-and-wheatstone-telegraph-dial/) - [Who discovered radio waves?](https://www.deutsches-museum.de/museumsinsel/ausstellung/physik) - [Morse: a language of timing](https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I/) - [Titanic and listening for distress](https://www.itu.int/en/history/pages/itushistory-page-2.aspx) - [FM: changing how a signal carries sound](https://reach.ieee.org/multimedia/edwin-h-armstrong-radio-pioneer-fm-radio-and-the-later-years/) - [Sputnik: a signal heard around the world](https://www.nasa.gov/history/65-years-ago-sputnik-ushers-in-the-space-age/) - [Who invented the radio receiver?](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1909/summary/)