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The First 40 Years: "Recorded--And Transcribed", Maine Broadcasting System

WLBZ Radio Station Records

A pamphlet on the history of broadcasting in Maine prepared to commemorate the 40th anniversary of WCSH Radio in Portland (1925-1965). Provides details on four other stations in the Maine Broadcasting System. Includes several photographs.

Contents: Commercial Radio Comes To Maine -- Early Programming -- Enter the Network -- Religion On The Air -- In The Public Service -- Radio Broadcasting Matures -- Radio Reports The News -- People And Places -- Out Of The Past -- A Look At Present And Future -- WRDO, Service For Kennebec Valley -- WLBZ, Pioneer of Northeastern Maine -- WCSH-TV, Six For South …

Build A Crystal Radio: Electronics Series - Part I, University Of Maine Cooperative Extension Service

General University of Maine Publications

An educational pamphlet describing how to build a crystal radio produced by the Cooperative Extension Service as part of an Advanced Electric Guide Sheet series of 4-H projects. This title was part of a series of several additional radio-related topics. Later sheets in the series note that they were published when Winthrop Libby was Director of Cooperative Extension, helping to date the piece circa 1965. Libby served as the Director of the Cooperative Extension Service before being named President of the University of Maine in 1969.