In the light of the gubernatorial and regental excitement
about online education, this blog earlier noted distance learning by TV as
early as the 1950s. But it appears that
in the 1920s, there were college credit courses on radio:
…In 1915, what would become AMRAD (The American Radio and
Research Corporation) opened for business from Medford Hillside, about four
miles from Boston… In 1917, AMRAD received a license for station 1XE and experimental
broadcasts began on a fairly regular basis that same year… It was in 1918 that Eunice Randall was hired by AMRAD, as their first woman draftsman;
later, she would serve as an engineer and announcer for 1XE… According to
several sources, by May of 1921, 1XE had begun to do daily broadcasts. The
programming was gradually getting more professional — live concerts, and several
famous guest speakers. The speakers were
often a result of the Tufts College connection—1XE quickly made use of some of
Tufts' better-known professors. At a time when few people could afford college,
the opportunity to hear highly respected professors giving a lecture was very
well received… In early February of
1922, 1XE officially became WGI… WGI had a number of firsts in greater
Boston, including being the first
station to offer college courses by radio—throughout 1922, a series of lectures by
Tufts faculty was given twice a week…
Source of text and photo:
http://www.bostonradio.org/essays/wgi
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