Where to Watch Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1992)

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' right now, here are some details about the Florentine Films history flick.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio starring Jason Robards, Red Barber, Erik Barnouw, Ken Bilby has a G rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 53 min, and a scheduled release date of January 29th, 1992.

It received a user score of 74/100 on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 7 experienced users.

Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways. This is the story of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth."

'Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Kanopy, and Hoopla .