“The Radio Broadcast That Never Ended” In 1947, a small AM radio station in the desert town of Ashford Plain went live for a routine evening broadcast—and never signed off. The calm announcer began predicting events minutes before they happened, then started reading out listeners’ names, addresses, and actions in real time. Radios turned on by themselves, even when unplugged. When authorities raided the station, they found dust-covered equipment, a cold transmitter, and a station log that hadn’t