You may have never heard of Reginald Fessenden.  I hadn't until this past winter.  But without his great scientific work in radio we not only would not have radio as we know it. We wouldn't have wireless communications as we have it today.  Dr Steven Jacobs tells of the legacy of Reginald Fessenden, the "Father of Radio" and first Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Pitt. In the second half of the program, we are joined by by the CEO of the Heinz History Center Andy Masich.  No one tells a story like Andy. And what a wonderful one he tells of the life and times of Pittsburgh from the late 1800's as this new radio technology is being developed through the 1960's And how KDKA came into peoples living rooms and touched Pittsburghers lives.

<p>You may have never heard of Reginald Fessenden. &nbsp;I hadn't until this past winter. &nbsp;But without his great scientific work in radio we not only would not have radio as we know it. We wouldn't have wireless communications as we have it today. &nbsp;Dr Steven Jacobs&nbsp;tells of&nbsp;the legacy of Reginald Fessenden, the "Father of Radio" and first Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Pitt. In the second half of the program, we are joined by by the CEO of the Heinz History Center Andy Masich. &nbsp;No one tells a story like Andy. And what a wonderful one he tells of the life and times of Pittsburgh from the late 1800's as this new radio technology is being developed through the 1960's And how KDKA came into peoples living rooms and&nbsp;touched Pittsburghers&nbsp;lives.</p>

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