The magic of new-fangled radio - Fredericksburg Standard

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News Staff, on December 25, 2019

The magic of new-fangled radio

LOOKING BACK AT ... In the early 20th century, while people clustered in isolated villages in the Texas Hill Country, the outside world came as a voice through the air. Old-time radio was an escape from war, economic depression, prohibition and mundane circumstances. Through the magic of radio, a person

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