Tom Reiland, General Manager of WOSU - Zoom Meeting

Thanks to Tom Reiland, General Manager of WOSU, for his great presentation on the history of radio and WOSU. 
Also Huge Thanks and Recognition to WOSU for their Corona Coverage and Public Service Communications Commitments through these trying times.
Enjoy Screenshots of Dublin AM Rotary's Zoom meeting today and please check out our Facebook page or our Flickr page for more photos. 
 
Reverend Steve Smith led our invocation and Colonel Dave Williamson led our pledge Friday morning as we conducted another terrific meeting while being socially distant and responsible.
Announcements today:
Pro Am is looking more feasible since recent announcements indicate the Memorial Tournament is now scheduled for July 16th! John Susie reminded us that the announcements cannot be made yet about spectators and fans but we are all pleased for the dates. Next committee meeting is 7/27/20 at 5, thanks to Wolf for the Zoom support.
 
A donation of $1,000 has been made to the District 6690 fund contributing to 3 Food Banks.
 
Kate reminded us about the Rotaract grocery delivery service for members and non-members -please see more details further down on this website. Good to see Victoria Hardesty and Allan joining the meeting.
 
 
Tom is President of the Ohio PBS Stations and on the board of the United Way and the Gateway Film Center. He is also the author of Sparks Flew WOSU’s Century on the Air.
Tom’s talk shared much of the historical background associated with WOSU and the Radio Wireless Transmission Innovations:
  • G. Marconi 1894-1895 had the first worldwide wirelss transmission
  • Robert Marriott -leading radio transmission engineer here at OSU, local farm boy as were many students in our land grant OSU background
  • 1913-J. Mercer kept radio station transmitting during the flood emergency
  • 1918- First voice transmissions
  • KDKA 1920 election news
  • WOSU was the 6th educational station in the country. Football news, farming communications and band music were all the rage for the 2-4 hour transmitting time windows.
  • Dr. Charles Wright and the live radio orchestra, lectures, surging across many states.
  • 1926-1936- huge morale help during the Great Depression years
  • 1949 FM Spectrum launched
  • OSU instrumental in public hearings with FCC to keep educational channels and TV
  • Emmy award winning station with sizable digital presence, PBS, NPR, Opening the Digital Media Maker in the new building under construction.