Franklin M. Doolittle
Franklin Malcolm Doolittle (June 16, 1893 – March 4, 1979) was a radio industry pioneer, who founded WDRC, the oldest AM station in Connecticut, in addition to that state's first FM station, WHCN, which was also one of the first FM broadcasters in the United States. In 1924–1925, he conducted the first tests made of stereo radio broadcasts. Biography Franklin M. Doolittle was born in New Haven, Connecticut on June 16, 1893. He had an early interest in radio (then known as "wireless telegraphy") and built his first station in 1906 at the age of 13, using a Ford automobile spark coil as a transmitter, and a coherer receiver. He later built an arc transmitter capable of audio transmissions. At the age of 18 Doolittle enrolled in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, while continuing to work during vacation periods aboard merchant ships as a commercial radio operator for the United Wireless Telegraph Company and American Marconi. He also taught evening radio courses at the New Haven Boys' Club. In 1915 he was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, and after graduating worked for two years on radio projects at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New