Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In the 1920s radio broadcasting went from being almost nonexistent to a major industry with far reaching cultural influence. How did this happen? Veteran broadcaster Scott Fybush tells this important story in his presentation from the 2021 Antique Wireless Association Conference.
Scott Fybush, K2SDF, is a Rochester native with a wide range of broadcast experience. He worked at WBZ in Boston and is now a news anchor at WXXI public radio. He's also a freelance writer, and engineering consultant and chief engineer of WDKX-FM Rochester. Since 1994, he's been the editor and publisher of the weekly NorthEast Radio Watch column, which appears along with the Tower Site of the Week feature at fybush.com. He's also the creator of the Tower Site Calendar, now in its 21st year. He was also editor of The Radio Journal and a regular contributor and columnist for Radio World.
You'll hear Scott in various capacities on WXXI either as a reporter, or hosting Morning Edition or All Things Considered.
Scott's broadcasting career started in Lowell, Massachusetts, at WCAP and then moved to Boston, where he spent five years at WBZ NewsRadio 1030. There, he wrote and edited for the top-rated morning and afternoon news blocks, assembled awards entries that garnered two national Murrows and a slew of regional RTNDA and AP awards, and produced the station’s 75th anniversary celebration in 1996.
The Brighton native moved back home to work at Time Warner Cable News (then named R News) where he won the first-ever Murrow for TV writing, small-market category.
Scott graduated from Brandeis University.
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In the 1920s radio broadcasting went from being almost nonexistent to a major industry with far reaching cultural influence. How did this happen? Veteran broadcaster Scott Fybush tells this important story in his presentation from the 2021 Antique Wireless Association Conference.
Scott Fybush, K2SDF, is a Rochester native with a wide range of broadcast experience. He worked at WBZ in Boston and is now a news anchor at WXXI public radio. He's also a freelance writer, and engineering consultant and chief engineer of WDKX-FM Rochester. Since 1994, he's been the editor and publisher of the weekly NorthEast Radio Watch column, which appears along with the Tower Site of the Week feature at fybush.com. He's also the creator of the Tower Site Calendar, now in its 21st year. He was also editor of The Radio Journal and a regular contributor and columnist for Radio World.
You'll hear Scott in various capacities on WXXI either as a reporter, or hosting Morning Edition or All Things Considered.
Scott's broadcasting career started in Lowell, Massachusetts, at WCAP and then moved to Boston, where he spent five years at WBZ NewsRadio 1030. There, he wrote and edited for the top-rated morning and afternoon news blocks, assembled awards entries that garnered two national Murrows and a slew of regional RTNDA and AP awards, and produced the station’s 75th anniversary celebration in 1996.
The Brighton native moved back home to work at Time Warner Cable News (then named R News) where he won the first-ever Murrow for TV writing, small-market category.
Scott graduated from Brandeis University.
If you enjoyed this video, consider becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership
Subscribe to the Antique Wireless Museum channel and you'll receive news of our latest video uploads.
