[78-L] It's not only Ken Burns who get it wrong, or what is the obsession with Dave Brubeck?

[agp]

At 17:51 08/10/2011, MD wrote:
>Mentioning Tesla or Hertz, who were 19th century theorists on the
>electrical background of what makes transmission possible, in a program
>solely about those who built the EMPIRE -- read: business -- of
>BROADCASTING, makes as much sense as mentioning the ancients who
>developed paint in a documentary about Van Gough and other painters.

So why was there mention of Marconi?

>By the way, radios used to have huge glowing dials.

Indeed they did -- but to hear Keillor describe it, the dial was as 
big as a 12 cut pizza from Dominos and were every bit as tasty. But 
as I indicate, I consider Keillor to be a full of himself boring 
prat. He speaks highly of me too, I'm sure

T