Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice)

Red Barber

Self - Radio Announcer

Erik Barnouw

Self - Historian

Ken Bilby

Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff

Norman Corwin

Self - Writer

Susan Douglas

Self - Historian

Frank Günther

Self - Engineer

Jeanne Hammond

Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong

Loren Jones

Self - Engineer

Garrison Keillor

Self - Writer

Helen Kelley

Self - Radio Broadcaster

Robert Morris

Self - Engineer

Dana Raymond

Self - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong

Gertrude Tyne

Self - Engineer

Fred Allen

Self - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage)

Gene Autry

Self - Sings (archive sound)

John Barrymore

Hamlet (archive sound)

Winston Churchill

Self - Finest Hour Speech (archive sound)

Charles J. Correll

Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage)

Lee De Forest

Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage)