For 20 years, Ed & Wendy King hosted the legendary "Party Line" on KDKA radio. It was KDKA's first talk show when it launched in 1951. Unlike later call-in shows, you couldn’t hear the caller's voices. Ed & Wendy handled all of the storytelling. Ed King described the show as a “conversational salmagundi!” Rick Sebak has the "party pretzel" on this week's #TuesdayTimeMachine! 📻🥳🥨 100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA | WQED
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A party line was a shared telephone line used by several households, especially in rural areas. Each family had a unique ring pattern so they knew when a call was for them. Anyone on the line could listen, which meant little privacy but strong community connections. Party lines helped bring phone service to farms decades earlier than private lines. #ruralhistory #smalltownlife #countryliving #farmhistory #forgottenways #vintagetech #oldtimes #storytime #learnsomething #ruralamerica #missouriland
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