April 12
to
March 1
Night of the Living Radio: WRUC Past and Present
Night of the Living Radio: WRUC Past and Present celebrates the 101st anniversary of WRUC. The exhibit showcases materials from the WRUC collection and includes vinyl records, radio equipment, ephemera, and recordings of broadcasts that visitors may listen to on their phones.
The first broadcasts of the Radio Club consisted of sending transmissions in Morse code and streaming phonograph records, and soon after it began broadcasting campus events such as athletic games and dances. Call letters were changed to W2XBN for a few years and changed to W2GSB in 1932. The Radio Club engaged in famous historic events, such as, on May 6, 1921, a live broadcast from an antenna rigged up to a baby carriage and wheeled through downtown Schenectady. This was quite possibly the world’s first portable broadcast receiver.
Exhibit Panels
Each panel image includes a readable transcription when selected.
Selected images from the exhibit
A display case at the Night of the Living Radio exhibit
A display case at the Night of the Living Radio exhibit
A display case at the Night of the Living Radio exhibit
A display case at the Night of the Living Radio exhibit
First walking into the Night of the Living Radio exhibit
Location
This exhibit can be found in the Lally Reading Room, which is on the 1st floor of Schaffer Library, just behind the reference desk and behind the glass doors.