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If you’ve been watching the “Soundbreaking” series on PBS, you may have seen the episode about how the invention of the microphone revolutionized pop music.
Not long after that, a Silicon Valley start-up in the 1940s came up with another invention that had a profound effect on how audiences consumed entertainment: the reel-to-reel tape recorder.
Rachel Myrow of KQED in San Francisco has the story. Read more about the genesis of the tape recorder and its cultural impact on KQED's website.