Island radio broadcasters hit the air 90 years ago today

By Bob Sigall

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 11, 2012

~~<p>After dinner, many of us turn on the television. Cable TV today carries more than 200 channels, but when I was young, in the 1950s, there were just four channels and all were in black and white.</p>
<p>My mother often told us how good we had it then. When she was young, in the 1920s and ‘30s, her family sat around the radio. It brought the world closer to her, she said.</p>
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After dinner, many of us turn on the television. Cable TV today carries more than 200 channels, but when I was young, in the 1950s, there were just four channels and all were in black and white.

My mother often told us how good we had it then. When she was young, in the 1920s and ‘30s, her family sat around the radio. It brought the world closer to her, she said. Login for more...