The Communicators Schedule

Week of September 10 through September 17

All times and durations are subject to change

Saturday, September 10
6:29 PM EDT on C-SPANApprox. 27 min. Communicators with Scott WoolleyPeter Slen; Scott WoolleyScott Woolley talked about his book The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of ... Scott Woolley talked about his book The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age, in which he examines the history of telegraph, radio, television, and satellite airwaves. He explained how inventor and electrical engineer Edwin Armstrong and businessman David Sarnoff became friends and collaborators through their work developing radio until they became antagonists in a legal dispute over FM radio. David Sarnoff went on to help develop radio and TV through strategic business decisions. He became the head of RCA and was largely responsible for the creation of NBC.

Mr. Woolley participated by video from a Los Angeles studio.
Monday, September 12
8:00 AM EDT on C-SPAN2Approx. 27 min. Communicators with Scott WoolleyPeter Slen; Scott WoolleyScott Woolley talked about his book The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of ... Scott Woolley talked about his book The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age, in which he examines the history of telegraph, radio, television, and satellite airwaves. He explained how inventor and electrical engineer Edwin Armstrong and businessman David Sarnoff became friends and collaborators through their work developing radio until they became antagonists in a legal dispute over FM radio. David Sarnoff went on to help develop radio and TV through strategic business decisions. He became the head of RCA and was largely responsible for the creation of NBC.

Mr. Woolley participated by video from a Los Angeles studio.
8:00 PM EDT on C-SPAN2Approx. 27 min. Communicators with Scott WoolleyPeter Slen; Scott WoolleyScott Woolley talked about his book The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of ... Scott Woolley talked about his book The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age, in which he examines the history of telegraph, radio, television, and satellite airwaves. He explained how inventor and electrical engineer Edwin Armstrong and businessman David Sarnoff became friends and collaborators through their work developing radio until they became antagonists in a legal dispute over FM radio. David Sarnoff went on to help develop radio and TV through strategic business decisions. He became the head of RCA and was largely responsible for the creation of NBC.

Mr. Woolley participated by video from a Los Angeles studio.