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Edwin Howard Armstrong was an engineering genius from Yonkers, New York, who invented FM radio. It's difficult to imagine that FM had to be "invented" - and even more amazing that it was the creation of one person. Armstrong, working alone, freed radio from the muddy, static-filled world of AM - and as a result was hated by CBS, NBC, and RCA's David Sarnoff, who represented the powerful corporations that controlled broadcasting at the time. For 20 years Armstrong was deliberately slandered, harrassed, and eventually bankrupted. He threw himself to his death from his apartment in 1954 - broken and ruined. Although his inventions place him on a parr with Edison and Bell, he remains a forgotten man. For the full story of Edwin Howard Armstrong's raw deal - and those of 22 other American victims - read RAW DEAL, new in paperback from Blast Books. |
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