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9XM-WHA Radio Historic Marker
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The family of Professor Earle M. Terry and C.M. Jansky, Jr. honor Professor Terry with the C.M. Jansky award at the dedication of the historical marker documenting his successful experiment in wireless broadcasting. Terry's son, Dr. Melvin Terry (left), his daughter, Dr. Dorothy Terry, assistant professor of Psychology at Yale University (middle), and his widow Mrs. Sadie Terry-Gage (right) stand with C.M. Jansky, Jr. (far right) and receive the award. The historical marker was originally located near the Science Hall on the UW Madison campus, where the original experiment took place, but with the relocation of the WHA radio station to the Vilas Communication Hall, the marker moved to the new home of the radio station.
November 24, 1958
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9XM-WHA Historic Marker
Vilas Communication Hall, North Park St., UW-Madison campus
Early Vacuum Tube
circa 1910-1919
A vacuum tube built by Cyril Moreau Jansky for WHA radio station at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
WHA 9XM Radio Broadcast Range
1923
Blueprint U.S. map showing locations from which reports were received indicating reception of a basketball game broadcast by WHA radio out of Madison.
The Wireless Station. Brant Rock, Mass.
1906
View of Richard Fessenden's radio tower at Brant Rock, Massachusetts. A fence-lined dirt road leads toward the tower and several structures can be seen in the distance. Caption reads: "The Wireless...
Original Transmitting Equipment
circa 1910-1919
The original transmitting equipment for WHA, the oldest radio station in the nation. The telephone pictured served as a microphone. The station was in the Physics Department at the University of Wi...
Radio Station WHA Staff
March 13, 1947
Dr. William H. Lighty, one of the guiding forces behind Radio Station WHA in its infancy, is shown at the lower left, duplicating the position he was in back in the 1920's in the mural behind him. ...
