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Broadcasting A Wrestling Match On KRE
1938

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This view shows a remote broadcast of a wrestling match on Berkeley’s KRE, taken from a 1938 station promotional folder. None of the people in the photo are identified. The highly polished remote broadcast amplifier is probably home-made. The microphone is a Western Electric “salt shaker.”

Voices Out Of The Fog

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