Son of Albert Allan 1867-1948 and Mary "Mamie" Scofield Wood Hoag 1872-1914, grew up in Greenwich, NY. He married Mary Caroline Macklin from nearby Bacon Hill in 1945. Dwelle Hoag lived to 70 years of age, passing away in Dixon, CA. He had the distinction of being named after three family surnames. (However the ancestral Scofield name should not have the "h". I don't know why he changed it.)
Dwelle first attended Cornell University, and then graduated in 1925 from Clarkson Engineering College with an electrical engineering degree. He was an early pioneer in radio and for a time worked with Edwin H. Armstrong, inventor of FM radio. Dwelle was the chief engineer in the construction and operation of the first commercial FM radio station in the US; W47A at Schenectady, NY, 1-kWh!
(1941 -See the attached flyer advertising its inception.)
Dwelle later joined the Voice of America and worked for the USIA in Okinawa, Germany, Hawaii and California.
As a boy Dwelle, experimented with crystal radio sets, teaching himself radio basics. One amusing early story had young Dwelle setting up a local radio transmission of neighbor Kim Gannon playing the piano for the ad-hoc Greenwich airwaves. Gannon went on to write "I'll Be Home for Christmas". At age 17, Dwelle made news reporting picking up transmissions from as far as Pittsburgh and Newark! Dwelle also became very involved with early ham radio, collecting call letter cards from around the world. During his career, he was able to travel around the world with his young family in the early 1950's, visiting the Egyptian pyramids, German castles, India, Hong Kong and other exotic locales.
Dwelle and Mary had three children, Jonathan, Christopher and this writer, Caroline.
Dwelle first attended Cornell University, and then graduated in 1925 from Clarkson Engineering College with an electrical engineering degree. He was an early pioneer in radio and for a time worked with Edwin H. Armstrong, inventor of FM radio. Dwelle was the chief engineer in the construction and operation of the first commercial FM radio station in the US; W47A at Schenectady, NY, 1-kWh!
(1941 -See the attached flyer advertising its inception.)
Dwelle later joined the Voice of America and worked for the USIA in Okinawa, Germany, Hawaii and California.
As a boy Dwelle, experimented with crystal radio sets, teaching himself radio basics. One amusing early story had young Dwelle setting up a local radio transmission of neighbor Kim Gannon playing the piano for the ad-hoc Greenwich airwaves. Gannon went on to write "I'll Be Home for Christmas". At age 17, Dwelle made news reporting picking up transmissions from as far as Pittsburgh and Newark! Dwelle also became very involved with early ham radio, collecting call letter cards from around the world. During his career, he was able to travel around the world with his young family in the early 1950's, visiting the Egyptian pyramids, German castles, India, Hong Kong and other exotic locales.
Dwelle and Mary had three children, Jonathan, Christopher and this writer, Caroline.
Son of Albert Allan 1867-1948 and Mary "Mamie" Scofield Wood Hoag 1872-1914, grew up in Greenwich, NY. He married Mary Caroline Macklin from nearby Bacon Hill in 1945. Dwelle Hoag lived to 70 years of age, passing away in Dixon, CA. He had the distinction of being named after three family surnames. (However the ancestral Scofield name should not have the "h". I don't know why he changed it.)
Dwelle first attended Cornell University, and then graduated in 1925 from Clarkson Engineering College with an electrical engineering degree. He was an early pioneer in radio and for a time worked with Edwin H. Armstrong, inventor of FM radio. Dwelle was the chief engineer in the construction and operation of the first commercial FM radio station in the US; W47A at Schenectady, NY, 1-kWh!
(1941 -See the attached flyer advertising its inception.)
Dwelle later joined the Voice of America and worked for the USIA in Okinawa, Germany, Hawaii and California.
As a boy Dwelle, experimented with crystal radio sets, teaching himself radio basics. One amusing early story had young Dwelle setting up a local radio transmission of neighbor Kim Gannon playing the piano for the ad-hoc Greenwich airwaves. Gannon went on to write "I'll Be Home for Christmas". At age 17, Dwelle made news reporting picking up transmissions from as far as Pittsburgh and Newark! Dwelle also became very involved with early ham radio, collecting call letter cards from around the world. During his career, he was able to travel around the world with his young family in the early 1950's, visiting the Egyptian pyramids, German castles, India, Hong Kong and other exotic locales.
Dwelle and Mary had three children, Jonathan, Christopher and this writer, Caroline.
Dwelle first attended Cornell University, and then graduated in 1925 from Clarkson Engineering College with an electrical engineering degree. He was an early pioneer in radio and for a time worked with Edwin H. Armstrong, inventor of FM radio. Dwelle was the chief engineer in the construction and operation of the first commercial FM radio station in the US; W47A at Schenectady, NY, 1-kWh!
(1941 -See the attached flyer advertising its inception.)
Dwelle later joined the Voice of America and worked for the USIA in Okinawa, Germany, Hawaii and California.
As a boy Dwelle, experimented with crystal radio sets, teaching himself radio basics. One amusing early story had young Dwelle setting up a local radio transmission of neighbor Kim Gannon playing the piano for the ad-hoc Greenwich airwaves. Gannon went on to write "I'll Be Home for Christmas". At age 17, Dwelle made news reporting picking up transmissions from as far as Pittsburgh and Newark! Dwelle also became very involved with early ham radio, collecting call letter cards from around the world. During his career, he was able to travel around the world with his young family in the early 1950's, visiting the Egyptian pyramids, German castles, India, Hong Kong and other exotic locales.
Dwelle and Mary had three children, Jonathan, Christopher and this writer, Caroline.
