The Daily Page: How and when did you become Wisconsin Public Radio's unofficial historian?ĭavidson: It's happened over time. Beginning with humble origins as a transmitter located in Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus, Davidson's history of the stations that would become Wisconsin Public Radio encompasses 9XM and WHA Radio's early use of voice broadcasts, its initiatives serving farmers and its introduction of such programs as "Chapter a Day" and the "Wisconsin School of the Air." Davidson's Wisconsin Book Festival appearance is scheduled for 4 p.m. Now WPR's chief announcer and its unofficial historian, he is the author of 9XM Talking: WHA Radio and the Wisconsin Idea 1916-1978, published this year by the University of Wisconsin Press. The Neenah native started his career in radio at the UW-Oshkosh station WRST-FM, and was later a DJ and sportscaster at an Appleton FM station.
Randall Davidson, author of 9XM Talking: WHA Radio and the Wisconsin Idea 1916-1978Ī familiar voice on Wisconsin Public Radio, Randall Davidson joined the network as a news producer and anchor in 1990.
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