April’s STEAM talk, “The U.S. Invasion of Canada: Border Broadcasting in the Early Days of Radio”, will be presented by Dr. Bryce Tellmann, a lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at South Dakota Mines.

KFBB in Havre, Montana, is often credited as the first radio station on the Northern Plains. When the 50-watt station atop Buttrey’s Department Store started broadcasting in 1922, it quickly became an important means of civic, cultural, and personal connection on both sides of the U.S./Canada border. Dr. Bryce Tellmann, a lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at South Dakota Mines, will focus on the regionalizing effect of early radio broadcasts, how KFBB became part of a deep-rooted tradition of international regionalism on the Northern Plains, and other radio-related highlights from the 54th Annual Dakota Conference.