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The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 51 – Communications!

By Michael - November 13th, 2022

Marty Sklar, John DeCuir Jr., and John Hench discuss an early model of Spaceship Earth

With the recent celebration of EPCOT’s 40th anniversary, it’s time for the Progress City Radio Hour to begin our series of EPCOT-themed episodes! And as befits the park’s main icon, the first episode in our series is all about […]

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November 13th, 2022 | Tags: 1964 World's Fair, AT&T, EPCOT, EPCOT Center, Imagineering, Peggie Fariss, Progress City Radio Hour, Spaceship Earth, Walt Disney World Category: Disney History, Imagineering, Progress City Radio Hour Episodes, Retroworld
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Promoting Spaceship Earth, 1982

By Michael - February 9th, 2012

Making the rounds on Twitter last weekend was this remarkable video, made by the Bell System in 1982 to promote their sponsorship of Spaceship Earth at the newly-opened EPCOT Center. The “Chronicle News Update” contains a chat with AT&T president William Ellinghaus, who presided over the pavilion’s opening ceremony, as well as Disney CEO Card […]

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February 9th, 2012 | Tags: 1982, AT&T, Bell System, Bruce Strasser, Card Walker, Chronicle News Update, CommuniCore, CommuniCore West, Earth Station, EPCOT Center, Future World, FutureCom, Information Fountain, Network Map, Spaceship Earth, Sponsors, The Age of Information, The Amazing Microchip, Walt Disney World, William Ellinghaus, WorldKey Information System Category: Podcasts & Video, Retroworld, Walt Disney World
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Your Very Own WorldKey

By Michael - October 12th, 2009

For many a young techie in the early 1980s, one of the many highlights of visiting EPCOT Center was getting to use the WorldKey Information System. Developed by the Bell Labs in concert with Disney, the WorldKey was an interactive guidebook to the park, which guests could access from kiosks in both Future World and […]

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October 12th, 2009 | Tags: Ariel System, AT&T, Bell Labs, EPCOT Center, Walt Disney World, WorldKey Information System Category: Retroworld, Walt Disney World
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Rocket into Christmas with our special festive holiday spectacular featuring author/historians Steven Vagnini and Foxx Nolte! And we're giving away a copy of the new Disney A to Z! Jingle those bells! http://podcast.progresscityusa.com

Sad news today, as we have been told that former head of Walt Disney Attractions, Dick Nunis, has passed away at the age of 91.

One hundred years ago yesterday, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded in Los Angeles. What began under extremely humble circumstances eventually flourished, creating a cultural juggernaut which dominates the media landscape today.

Let’s return to EPCOT Center for a patriotic extravaganza like no other! Join us for a look at the creation of the groundbreaking attraction The American Adventure, and the history of Americana-themed spectacles that preceded it in the 19th and 20th centuries. Then take your seat for a history of the beloved singing group Voices of Liberty! Grab those rose-colored bifocals and spare a dime – it’s the Progress City Radio Hour!

Our 40th anniversary retrospective of EPCOT Center gathers one little spark of inspiration to make some memories! Follow Figment to the Dreamport as we explore the development of the classic attraction Journey into Imagination, and find out about previous Kodak promotions both at Disneyland and at the World’s Fairs. And fire up the filmstrip because we’re remembering the EPCOT Educational Media Company! Just an ordinary day, but all at once we’re on our way – it’s the Progress City Radio Hour!

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