W3LF – First Black Radio Station Operator, 1926

Rufus P. Turner W3LF
First Black Radio Station Operator, 1926

“Rufus Paul Turner (December 25, 1907 – March 25, 1982)was an academic, engineer, and author who published on semiconductor devices, technical writing style, and poet-novelist Charlotte Turner Smith. After three decades working with electronic devices – including developing the first practical transistor radio – he earned a doctorate in literature at age 52 and became an English professor. He wrote over 40 books and 3000 articles during his six-decade career.”

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