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The Most Important Radio Station You've Never Heard of Marks 50 Years on the Air


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WWVB old control panel

Engineer David Andrews (left) and technician Robert Oase (right) are shown by the WWVB transmitter in 1963.

Credit: NIST

Every night, while millions of Americans are fast asleep, clocks and wristwatches across the country wake up and lock on to a radio signal beamed from the base of the Rocky Mountains.

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