Ever wonder what it felt like the first time a human voice leapt off the earth and traveled through the air—with no wires at all? That same **curiosity** sent us digging into the people, inventions, and moments that turned invisible waves into a revolution.

Broadcast radio’s story begins in Pittsburgh, where station KDKA made history on November 2, 1920, by airing the first commercial broadcast and delivering live Harding–Cox election returns, a night many now mark as radio’s “100th birthday” in 2020. From that experimental signal grew the technologies that would shape radar, GPS, and even the Wi‑Fi we use today.

Here in Asheville, WPVM 103.7 FM—Asheville’s oldest community radio station—picked up that thread and created “Asheville World of Radio,” an 18‑minute documentary built around our mini‑museum of vintage radios and broadcast memorabilia in our Wall Street studio. The film takes you on a fast‑moving tour through pivotal moments in radio history, the arts, and music, tracing the journey from early home sets to today’s internet‑era listening.

If you’d like to step inside the story, text 828‑335‑4343 or use the contact form below; with just a few hours’ notice, we’ll meet you at the station for a personal tour of the exhibit. And if you discovered us through Explore Asheville, welcome—enjoy the video as a virtual visit, and remember you can stream Asheville’s unique arts and culture from anywhere in the world, on any device, simply by tuning in to WPVM 103.7 FM online.