White's, Stevenson's, Jones, Radex, Burgess and other lists of radio stations from 1926 to 1968. Most files are optimized PDF's and clicking on the description will open the full file. Note that these files can be 2 to 6 megabytes in size.

Click on the "some History" title above to read a brief description of the regulatory changes affecting AM radio over the early years of Broadcasting in the US.

Cover of a White's Log 1931

White's Logs from 1926 into the 50's. Here you will find AM stations by frequency, location and call letters. In later editions, FM and TV were added.

Radex Magazines from 1928 to 1942. Click on any link below to open 4 to 7 megabyte PDF file. All AM, FM and TV in US, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean are listed. 

Each issue is more than a log book... it also contains articles on radio, DXing, receivers, programs and famous announcers. They are snapshots of radio from the late 20's into the 40's.

Of particular interest is a comparison between the 1940 edition and the 1942 one. This comparison shows the effect of the reallocations in North America based on the NARBA treaty, originally scheduled for Summer of 1940 but postponed until 1941.

Go on a picture tour of the old and somewhat historic Hollywood and Vine K-Love, La Nueva and Recuerdo studios before the move to Glendale in 2002.

A collection of pictures of radio stations in Mexico, Central America and Colombia in 1963.

Here is a sample picture. That's me inside one of the XEW 900 AM 250,000 watt transmitters in 1963. For more like this, click the link.

Information and links about the history of radio in the US and Latin America.

What did the letters originally mean?