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First radio signals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison physics professor Edward Bennett sent radio signals across Sterling Hall. This image is of Sterling Hall. -
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First radio signals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Creation of the 9XM radio transmitter.
Professor Earle M. Terry and graduate students constructed Madison's first radio transmitter known as 9XM. They realized its potential and continued to improve and experiment with it during World War. This image shows the history plaque of 9XM. -
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First radio transmitter 9XM and it's progress during the first World War.
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The first play-by-play broadcast called.
9XM broadcasted its first telegraphic description of the Badgers basketball game against Ohio State University. This image is of the Wisconsin men's basketball team of 1940-1941. -
First public radio station in Madison received a new name.
The station 9XM became WHA. This image shows WHA radio. -
Formation of WIBA-Madison's first commercial station.
WIBA was Madison's first commercial radio station. It gained the rights to broadcast sports games from the baseball World Series to Badger football games. The image features the WIBA control room. -
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Establishment of Madison's first commercial station.
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WIBA partnered with NBC network.
WIBA was the ultimate commercial station in Madison. The station continued to expand its broadcast operation of Badger sports, forming the Badger Broadcast Company. Image is a Camp Randall Stadium archive. -
WHA instituted the Wisconsin School of Air and College of Air.
Harold McCarty, a pioneer of educational radio founded the School of Air and covered subjects from the government, history, health and more. The Wisconsin College of Air gave adults access to courses from all over the state. Image shows an old radio hall. -
Wisconsin's first sports network.
A nine-station commercial network on the radio formed in order to broadcast Wisconsin Badger football and basketball games. This picture features the iconic Bucky Badger. -
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Formation of Wisconsin's first sports network.
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First attempt at an on-campus radio station.
Engineer Charles Bartlet broadcasted the first on-campus radio station known as the Wisconsin Men’s Halls Association (WMHA) from Gilman Hall. This image is of students using the first on-campus radio station in Gilman Hall. -
Problems with WHMA
WMHA faced problems with the F.C.C. which announced in 1956 that the excess radiation violated F.C.C. regulations. This image is of the F.C.C. -
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WMHA faced issues.
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Radio continued to grow in Wisconsin and WMHA changed its name to WLHA.
WMHA changed its name to WLHA, Wisconsin Lakeshore Hall association due to the gender neutralization of the dormitory halls. This image is of WLHA, the lakeshore radio station logo. -
Establishment of a second radio station on Madison campus.
A second station emerged from the Southeast residence halls in the 1960's known as WSRM, which competed with WLHA. However, they faced financial issues and were gone by 1981. Radio grew in the state of Wisconsin and stations followed the new trend of broadcasting primarily news, sports and music on their channels. This image is of old Southeast campus. -
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A second radio station formed on Southeast campus.
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End of the road for WLHA.
After 41 years of broadcasting, WLHA voluntarily shut down due to legal pressure from the F.C.C. regarding FM unlicensed transmissions. During the '90s, the station marketed itself a lot and finally took part in the annual homecoming parade. This image shows Wisconsin students in Gilman Hall. -
Student radio bounced back.
Dr. James Hoyt, former chair of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Dave Black, a journalism graduate student proposed to bring back a student radio station on campus that included sports, music, news and more. This proposal also called for the building of a radio tower in Dane County. This image features a newspaper with the headline that radio is not dead. -
WSUM still runs today on the Madison campus.
WSUM began broadcasting and continues today. It is an organization run by students and gives them a hands-on experience with broadcasting. WSUM sports focuses on sports broadcasting, offering sports talk shows run by students during the week. This image shows the WSUM logo.