St. Louis sits near the center of the United States in an area sometimes termed "flyover" territory by those who live on the coasts. Although this city in the middle of the country is not generally known as the birthplace of broadcasting, it is in fact where Nikola Tesla demonstrated the first true "broadcast" in March 1893. Later, in 1920, two St. Louis men began a radio broadcast announcing the results of the Harding-Cox presidential election on the same night as KDKA in Pittsburgh, but the Pennsylvania event received all of the national recognition. Wireless broadcasts (in Morse code) of weather information were emanating from the campus of St. Louis University in 1912; that station, 9YK, became WEW in 1922. Television was introduced to St. Louisans in 1947, although at least one forward-thinking local broadcaster was experimenting with the medium as early as 1928.

Through archival photographs and text, former KMOX announcer Frank Absher shares the history of the radio station that has literally been the "Voice of St. Louis" since it signed on the air on December 24, 1925.

"The early history of the heritage TV stations of Decatur, Springfield, Champaign, Danville, Bloomington, Peoria and St Louis."--Cover.

J. C. Corcoran gives a "behind the scenes" look into local broadcasting and his wild ride up and down the St. Louis radio dial.