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Breaking Walls is a once-per-month audio documentary on the history of American Network Radio Broadcasting, focusing on people, places, and events from the Golden Age of Radio.

http://thewallbreakers.com/breaking-walls/

To find out more about James Scully:

http://thewallbreakers.com/jamesscully/

I personally recommend listening to episodes in this order to get the full story of the beginning of Radio Wave, and the beginning of the three major networks NBC, CBS, ABC.

EP75: We Are Echoes\\u2014The Birth Of Radio (1887 - 1912)

EP76: Over There\\u2014The War for Radio\\u2019s Airwaves (1912 - 1922)

EP77: The Birth Of The Radio Networks\\u2014From NBC To CBS To Mutual Broadcasting (1922 - 1934)

EP82: Depression, War, And The Birth of ABC (1932 - 1946)

EP83: Sarnoff & Paley: Tainted Friendships, Tall Tales, Talent Raids, and TV (1934 - 1952)

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Okay so I\'m going to copy and paste from James Scully\'s page for the high lights .... because truly I can not beat his own words for his own podcast.

Highlights:
\\n\\u2022 Early days at NBC\\u2019s Radio City in New York
\\n\\u2022 How Press Associations caused NBC and CBS to launch a news service
\\n\\u2022 The Birth of the Mutual Broadcasting System and their Struggles
\\n\\u2022 NBC Red and NBC Blue
\\n\\u2022 The FCC and US Justice Department Get Involved with Radio
\\n\\u2022 The Murrow Boys and Encroaching War in Europe
\\n\\u2022 The War Comes Home
\\n\\u2022 NBC sells The Blue Network
\\n\\u2022 Norman Corwin and His World War II Work
\\n\\u2022 Bing Crosby, Philco Radios, and Network Transcription
\\n\\u2022 The Talent Raids of 1949

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If you are interested in learning about the history of the Radio; going as far back as learning about the waves that make Radio possible then James is the best person to listen too.   He makes learning about the actual beginning of wireless telegraphy; and building the very first radio into a story ....  he brings to life the men and the women whom strive to bring the beginning of sharing of information beyond the newspaper; or telegraph.   He uses background music and sounds that is highly fitting for the time period.