The world's first radio broadcast took place a hundred years ago on Christmas Eve 1906.

BBC World Service Discovery -
Fessenden: King of the Radio Waves



The broadcast, a programme of live music, readings and phonograph recordings, was transmitted to ships in the Atlantic Ocean by Reginald Fessenden – a prolific inventor largely forgotten by history.

Responsible Holiday Drinking

Responsible Holiday Drinking

People tend to drink more over the holiday season. How will you drink responsibly this year?

Theresa Carr,
Systems Analyst
"I'm trying to schedule so I it get it all done before lunch."

Bolton Steps Down

John Bolton, the American delegate to the UN, will step down when the current term runs out. What do you think?

No iPods To Kim Jong Il

Sean McGill,
Shoe Salesman
"This won't do a damn thing. Everybody knows Zune is the preferred MP3 player of the Axis of Evil."

Allara Jones,
Systems Analyst
"Ouch! Right in the middle of the North Korean Christmas shopping season, too."


Kai Thornton,
Large Truck Mechanic
"I don't know what good it will do to impose petty sanctions tailored specifically to annoy a crazy foreign leader with nuclear weapons, but what can it hurt?"