Get your fill of the radio of yesteryear
Before iPhones, before Bluetooth, before satellites, when communication zipping through the air seemed as exotic as landing on the moon, there was radio.
The audio dramas and Morse code are gone (and a receiver is no longer considered a piece of furniture), but pirate radio fans, tech historians and casual listeners can still find a century's worth of history in wireless broadcast.
Nobel Prize winning physicist Guglielmo Marconi sent radio waves across his parents' attic in England, then across the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod and Newfoundland in 1901.
Owner Jack Hoefeld opened the repair shop in 1992 because he saw too many vintage radios - "works of art" - being thrown away when they broke.
The tour includes stops in the station's master control room, as well as a studio where some of the Bay Area's most memorable broadcasts originated. 2601 Mariposa St. (415) 553-2849. www.kqed.org/about.
A comedy troupe in the same vein as "NewsRadio" and "WKRP in Cincinnati," sitcoms set in radio stations, Lost Moon Radio's live stage performance explores the quirks and limitations of radio broadcast with tongue-in-cheek skits like "Magic on the Radio," where a magician performs card tricks for his listeners.