Franklin
Malcolm
Doolittle
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 86
[location unknown]
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Biography
Franklin Doolittle was a pioneer in early radio broadcasts, especially using FM format for the radio. He operated WDRC-FM Hartford 4 in the 1920s and 1930s in Connecticut.
Doolittle started in 1919 with manufacturing radios, then moved on to operating radio stations. He invented several devices to assist in the transmitting of radio waves.
Doolittle also secured the first U.S. patents for binaural broadcasting, the forerunner of stereophonic broadcasting.
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R. Hutchins
R. Hutchins
Doolittle operated the first commercial FM station W1XPW in 1939 (not 1920's). At times it simulcasted the broadcasts of WDRC. hutchins-1050
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