Media Links
There have been numerous articles written about the Conrad Project and efforts to preserve the Conrad Garage. Here are some that are available on the Internet:
Radio: Frank Conrad's garage may get lost in static - 1/13/1999
Museum organizers meet with officials to save project - 2/17/1999
Museum group in race to save building - 9/15/1999
Snippets ONLINE - 2/8/2000
- 2/9/2000Snippets ONLINE - 3/20/2000
Snippets - 6/14/2000
Radio Days - 10/12/2000
Historic radio site in Forest Hills gets a boost - 1/12/2001
Snippets - 2/21/2001
Group still struggling to meet deadline to save radio broadcasting's birthplace - 3/7/2001
Save the Garage!!! - 3/9/2001
Radio Notes: Conrad historic site loses garage; house doomed - 8/8/2001
Conrad Garage Comes Down; New Location Sought - 8/27/2001
Conrad's Garage - Replaying The Earliest Days of Radio - 11/30/2001
and transcript on the Radio Diaries web site
William G. Beal / Broadcasting Pioneer and Film Producer - 3/26/2003
TV/Radio Notes: Pitt symposium honors radio broadcast - 11/10/2006
Pitt celebrates 100 years of radio - 11/11/2006
Radio's debut site coming down - 4/25/2007
Historic building - 4/26/2007
Turtle Creek's historic K Building demolished - 5/24/2007
The following Post-Gazette articles are available online through the Post-Gazette or via the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Research Databases:
Replica of first radio shack to transmit nostalgia - 10/31/1990
Radio Days - 8/29/1991
Groups aim to establish broadcast museum here - 10/26/1995
Broadcast museum idea tested - 11/2/1995
Signal Event - 11/2/1995
Broadcasting Museum Planned - 11/2/1995
Broadcasting museum proposed for city - 11/22/1995
Not so fast on jazz hall - 2/9/1996
Preserving the record of radio - 5/4/1997
Radio museum gets cool reception - 7/17/1997
Planned broadcast museum supported - 7/31/1997
A chance to honor historic role - 11/5/1997
Big Ideas - Post-Gazette readers pass along their visions on "first day" attractions - 2/8/1998
CBS Donates 13.5-acre, ready-made Westinghouse park - 1/27/1999
These articles are available through the Tribune-Review Archive Search:
Wrecking ball ends quest to preserve historic house - Fast-food restaurant slated for construction on site - 9/28/2001
Group amplifies need for radio museum to Ridge's staff - 9/23/1999
History seeks a home - 8/8/1999
Plan for broadcasting museum may be gaining momentum - 2/24/1999
Group vows to save radio landmark - 2/17/1999
Radio buffs persist in seeking home for broadcast museum - 1/3/1999
Radio days - Forest Hills combines recreation, broadcasting - 11/16/1998
Westinghouse considers museum for 'excess property' - 7/23/1997
Radio's Wilkinsburg birthplace 'homeless' - 10/13/1996
Radio buffs call in their request - 6/30/1996
Group honors Pittsburgh radio legacy - 11/1/1995
First broadcast site 'signaled' out - 9/29/1991