Food For Thought

“Wonderful Days And Evenings”

Despite heady competition from Miami and Jacksonville, Tampa Bay’s WDAE-AM became Florida’s first licensed radio station, signing on May 15, 1922, from the headquarters of its licensee, the Tampa Daily Times. Because radio was so new, still much the purview of experimenters and hobbyists, the newspaper took it upon itself to educate its readers on…
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Recalling whirlpools in New River

One of the fascinating early mysteries of Fort Lauderdale’s New River was at least two whirlpools, one at the river’s sharp turn at Sailboat Bend, the other at Tarpon Bend. The whirlpools, said to be 90 to 125 feet deep, provided hours of entertainment for kids growing up on the iconic river. Numerous writers, including…
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