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WPKN FM Preservation Sound Radio 11.21.23

Tonight 11.21.23 8:30 PM EST: special advance broadcast of the P/S Winter 2024 Mixtape. Catch it at 89.5 FM in…

1 year ago

Preservation Sound Summer 2023 Mixtape

Here's the tracklist for the 2023 Preservation Sound Summer Mixtape, to be broadcast 8:30PM EST Tuesday 8/15/23 on WPKN 89.5…

2 years ago

Incredible collection of early radio and audio on auction now

I was recently hired by The Westport Auction Company to catalog and research an incredible collection of early radio and…

2 years ago

Preservation Sound Radio 10.05.22 late-nite edition

Tonight 10.04.22 WPKN 89.5 FM will broadcast a special encore presentation of our June 2020 mixtape. 11:35PM airtime. Click here…

2 years ago

Preservation Sound Summer Mixtape 2022

The P/S Summer Mixtape 2022 will air on WPKN 89.5 FM at 8:30 PM on Tuesday August 16.   Soft…

3 years ago

How to add Silicon Fuzz to any tube amp (!) (1969)

Got a good one for you today. Below is a 1969 article from "Science and Electronics" magazine (auth. Herb Friedman)…

3 years ago

Gates M6244 and M6244B broadcast phono preamps c.1960s

above: a pair of GATES M6244 phono pres; these are the early version designed for use only with the 6200…

3 years ago

Preservation Sound Radio 12.21.21 : Soviet SuperMix 02

The December 2021 Preservation Sound Radio show has aired, but you can stream it from the WPKN FM archives at…

3 years ago

Bell Labs’ Electro-Mechanical ‘Speech Synthesizer’ circa 1951

**update 07.09.21 - audio clip added! see below! you can now HEAR this monstrosity!** Download a 4PP article (+advert) from…

4 years ago

Bogen DB20 Equalizer Circuit circa 1953

From the October 1953 edition of RADIO ELECTRONICS comes this report on an exceptionally powerful EQ circuit as-found in the…

4 years ago