The first episode of the new television series “Riverdale” will air Thursday, January 26 at 9pm on the CW network. The SPARC Radio Museum provided many of the props (televisions and microphones) for this locally filmed series. Riverdale is a subversive re-imagining of the old Archie comics. It’s a whole different kind of take says… Read the full article
An interesting acquisition at the museum (Really! It is an acquisition!) is a Philco Model 20. Our restoration volunteers are truly gifted, but there are limits. We loved this example of the ravages of a leaky barn so much, that the decision was made to make it a display item as is. The photo here… Read the full article
A friend of the Museum came across this curio, and thought it should have a place at SPARC. It is an old record cleaner, carrying the “Nipper” logo. Notice that the company name is The Gramophone Company — it does not say RCA Victor, or even Victor. It is much older than we first thought,… Read the full article
SPARC has an excellent collection of vintage broadcast equipment, mostly donated by Vancouver area radio stations. It’s the gear that brings radio programs to your homes, cars, and MP3-FM players. This year we received a generous invitation from the host WABE organization to set up a display of our items on their exhibition floor, at… Read the full article
For those of you who are hams or SWL (Short-Wave Listener) addicts, the items in the shortwave section are always being added to and reorganized. Existing display items are being electrically restored as nearly as possible to the original factory-operating performance, so that radios of different vintages can be compared. This will allow us to… Read the full article
Red’s radio broadcast career has spanned more than fifty years, from which he has carefully saved many tapes – almost 400 – and he has put them into SPARC’s hands. There are celebrity interviews, old radio shows, station jingles, and some priceless airchecks. You should be hearing some of these over the next while on… Read the full article