Links of Interest
Radio and radio-related museums on the web
- New England Wireless and Steam Museum in Rhode Island
- Antique Wireless Association AWA museum in Bloomfield, New York
- The Spark Museum in Bellingham, Washington
- Vintage Radio and Communication Museum – in Connecticut
- The Hammond Museum of Radio in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
- National Capital Radio and Television Museum in Bowie, Maryland
- Southern Appalachian Radio Museum in Asheville NC.
- Sunshine Radio Museum in Sodus, NY.
- Auman Museum of Radio and Television in Dover, Ohio, emphasis on television
- Early Television Foundation in Hilliard, Ohio (Columbus area). Mechanical and electronic TV collection
- History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications by Bill Burns
- National Voice of America Museum of Broadcast in Cincinnati, OH
- Southwest Museum Of Engineering, Communications and Computation
- Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
- RC&C – Walt Gromov’s Radio Museum in Moscow, Russia
- Gothenburg Radio Museum in Sweden
- World heritage Alexanderson Alternator transmitter in Sweden
Antique radio clubs and collector groups on the Web
- CC-AWA Carolinas Chapter – Antique Wireless Association
- CHRS California Historical Radio Society
- COARA Central Ohio Antique Radio Association
- FAWG The Florida Antique Wireless Group
- ARCI Information about the Antique Radio Club of Illinois
- NJARC The New Jersey Antique Radio Club and Museum
- New Mexico Radio Collectors Club
- NEARC The New England Antique Radio Club
- Northland Antique Radio Club
- Houston Vintage Radio Association
- Historical Radio Society of Australia
- Norwegian Historical Radio Society
- Télégraphie Sans Fil – French wireless collectors society
- Antique Radio Classified Monthly publication listing antique radio-related meets
Free schematics, magazines, manuals, tube data and radio information
- Rider’s Perpetual Troubleshooters Manuals on-line from Nostalgia Air, radio schematics and info.
- Tube data via PDF copies from tube manuals courtesy of Frank. Covers US, European, and other tubes.
- The American Radio History website has a large collection of searchable and downloadable on-line radio magazines including such collector favorites as Radio News, Radio-Craft, Popular Electronics, and many others
- Download military technical manuals for a variety of WW II-era U.S. radio gear.
- Download lots of manuals from the Boatanchor Manual Archive. Link is to the faster mirror site.
Radio history, academic collections, and the sound of old radio programs.
- History of American Broadcasting from Jeff Miller, special emphasis on West Virginia.
- Old Time Radio programming from Lou Genco
- The Broadcast Pioneers Library at the University of Maryland.
- Voices of World War II radio archives at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
- Historical archives, information and documentation on pioneering radio stations from Barry Mishkind.
- Radio Days Sounds and history of old-time radio broadcasts.
- Inland Marine Radio History Archive Radio on America’s rivers and lakes
Museum member websites and selected antique radio information sources on the Web
- MRT Collection A listing of all radios and artifacts at this museum.
- Antique Radio Forums Moderated forums on a variety of antique radio topics.
- radiomuseum.org
One of the web’s largest sources of information on European and US radios, requires paid membership to obtain schematics and related information. - Boatanchor Radios Pictures of vintage amateur, short-wave, and communication radios.
- Ron Ramirez’ Philco Radio site Lots of information on Philco radios
- Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording Large collection of open reel tape recorders, microphones and related information in Texas (currently on-line only)
- Rolf Bergendorff’s Collection of European radios
Local interest and tourism information
- Heritage Farm Museum and Village is located a short drive from the Museum of Radio and Technology
- West Virginia Travel and Recreation information Huntington
- Cabell-Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau