The Day a Radio Play Caused a Panic
On Halloween Eve 1938, Orson Welles didn't just tell a scary story; he masterfully manipulated the language and structure of radio news to convince thousands of Americans that Martians had…
Tag: shortwave radio
The Language of Numbers Stations
Tune your shortwave radio to the right frequency, and you might hear it: a disembodied voice reading strings of numbers into the void. These are numbers stations, one of the…