Feb 25, 2021 America is the land of innovation, of technological revolutions that have forever altered the story of humanity—making our work easier, our leisure time more fulfilling, and our ability to connect with each other more complete. And it is in the field of communications, of connecting human beings with one another, that America has perhaps been most instrumental in revolutionizing. This is the Forgotten History of the Father of Broadcasting. Frank Conrad was always a meticulous man. An electrical engineer by trade, he counted on things to run perfectly and worked his hardest to ensure they always would. That included his watch. He expected it to work perfectly and when a coworker at the Westinghouse Corporation bet him that his watch was more accurate, Frank worked to ensure that his would win by secretly replacing its parts with those of a top-of-the-line watch brand. Frank won the bet, but he was still troubled.