Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991113 min
DocumentaryHistory

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Overview

For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early succes...

Top Cast

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice)

R

Red Barber

Self - Radio Announcer

E

Erik Barnouw

Self - Historian

K

Ken Bilby

Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff

N

Norman Corwin

Self - Writer

Susan Douglas

Susan Douglas

Self - Historian

F

Frank Günther

Self - Engineer

J

Jeanne Hammond

Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong

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