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Friday, October 06, 2023 / Published in Asheville History, Community Member Posts, Technology

Radio Comes to Asheville

This guest post by Stuart Smolkin, curator of the Asheville Radio Museum, delves into the early history of radio broadcasting in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Friday, September 22, 2023 / Published in Asheville History, Technology

Ringing in Asheville’s First 10,000 Telephones, 1885-1925 

This is the second post in a series on the history of communication technologies in Asheville & WNC, from telegraphs to the Internet. Read on to learn about the first 40 years of telephone service in Asheville.
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Friday, July 28, 2023 / Published in Asheville History, Technology

Tapping into Modernity: The Telegraph Comes to Asheville 

This is the first post in a series on the history of communication technologies in Asheville & WNC, from telegraphs to the Internet. Read on to learn about Asheville's telegraph era, which began July 28, 1877.

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