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"Rev.
Jozef Murgaš; Radio's Forgotten Genius"
A video documentary
produced by WVIA-TV, the Public Television station of Northeastern Pennsylvania,
and the Slovak Heritage Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, with major funding
by The First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association.
This is a
historic documentary of the life of Rev. Jozef Murgaš, 1864-1929, who was born
at Tajov, a small village in Slovakia. He came to
His
invention of the ‘tone system’ of wireless telegraphy and ultimate transmission of the human voice by wireless means was his greatest
accomplishment in the scientific world. His
first public transmission of sound over land was made on November 23, 1905
between
Scranton,
Pa.
and Wilkes-Barre,
Rev. Murgaš
was also an accomplished Artist, Scientist, Botanist, Lepidopterist and Poet.
Video: $ 10.00 DVD: $ 15.00
Cost includes postage and handling.