AM Killed the Radio Star

I'm exhausted today, but I ran across this little snippet today.

FM radio was invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong, who like Kurt Cobain 13 years ago today, took his own life. Mr. Armstrong jumped out of his 13 story apartment window in 1954, because he thought his invention was a failure.

RCA, his employer at the time, worried that FM would destroy AM radio, and got in bed with the FCC to keep it from being used.
Jealous fuckers.

I wish I could get more into this, but I can't keep my eyes open. Take a look at this cute newspaper photo.

And happy 3-year aniversary for your FM radio show Mr. JMB!