Secret History of FM Radio – Dr Hans Utter w Jan Irvin Unspun Logos Gnostic Media
Dr. Hans Utter’s “Secret History of FM Radio” — Summary
Dr. Hans Utter, in various lectures and interviews (especially via The Higherside Chats and other alternative media), presents a controversial and in-depth narrative regarding the covert origins and purposes of FM radio, arguing that it played a key role in psychological manipulation, social engineering, and mind control from its inception. Below is a structured summary of his central claims and perspectives:
Core Thesis
FM radio was not simply developed as a superior technology to AM for music fidelity — it was deliberately designed and deployed as a psychotronic weapon and social engineering tool, especially in the post-WWII era, with ties to military intelligence, Tavistock, and MKULTRA-style research.
Key Themes and Claims
1. Origins of FM and Military Involvement
- Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio for high-fidelity transmission.
- FM was seemingly suppressed by RCA and others for business reasons.
- Utter argues the true motive was to develop FM for use in psyops, including frequency entrainment of brain waves.
- Post-WWII, FM infrastructure was controlled or influenced by military, CIA, and psychological warfare divisions.
2. FM as a Tool of Cognitive and Emotional Control
- FM operates on a wideband frequency that allows more than just sound transmission — sub-audible signals, binaural beats, and EM modulation can affect brain chemistry and emotional state.
- Certain frequencies can induce depression, aggression, euphoria, sexual arousal, or trance states, depending on modulation techniques.
3. Music as Weaponized Content
- The counterculture movement (especially 1960s rock, psychedelia) was amplified through FM radio as a psychological operation.
- Utter claims FM was crucial in embedding hypnotic rhythms, repetition, subliminal lyrics, and rhythmic entrainment, designed for altering consciousness and dismantling traditional cultural norms.
- Tavistock Institute and other British psychological research entities influenced musical trends, album structures, and lyrics for this purpose.
4. FM Stations as Test Beds
- Certain FM radio stations (often “college radio” or “alternative” format) were used for field testing of mind-control techniques.
- Experimentation included looped audio, backmasking, EM wave entrainment, and timed broadcast “emotional waves” to influence moods across populations.
5. Psyops and Cultural Subversion
- FM’s rise coincided with CIA/MI6 operations to fragment traditional identity structures — family, religion, patriotism — by using media to foster identity confusion, hedonism, and disintegration of communal cohesion.
- The rock ‘n’ roll explosion and later rave culture were facilitated by FM not just as media but as delivery systems for neuro-programming.
Organizations and Individuals Implicated
- Tavistock Institute — Psychological warfare, social engineering.
- CIA / MKULTRA — Mind control experiments.
- BBC / U.S. military — Developed subliminal frequency content.
- Laurel Canyon Scene (Zappa, Morrison, etc.) — Seen as manipulated or controlled by intelligence for cultural destabilization.
- Edwin Armstrong — Possibly pushed out because his invention became useful for classified agendas.
Scientific Basis Claimed
- Brainwave entrainment: Alpha, theta, beta frequencies can be induced through audio.
- Frequency-following response (FFR): The brain synchronizes with external rhythms.
- Sub-audible sound: FM’s fidelity allows for ultrasonic or infrasonic manipulation.
- EEG and EM resonance: Certain bands affect thought patterns and emotional response.
Conclusion
Dr. Utter paints FM radio as an early technocratic tool in a much broader program of mass psychological manipulation, culture creation, and neurological control — long before the internet, smart phones, or digital surveillance. What is often remembered as an era of freedom and expression through music may instead have been a carefully managed psychological operation to reshape Western consciousness.
Suggested Follow-Up Topics
- Mind control and music (e.g. Laurel Canyon, backmasking).
- Tavistock Institute’s influence on pop culture.
- MKULTRA’s ties to the arts and media.
- The use of ELF/VLF/ULF in modern broadcast and 5G.

Part 1 / 4
Episode 243 begins the long awaited investigational series into history of FM radio, titled “The [Secret] History of FM Radio, Part 1: The Musical Dream – It Became Your life”. 22 Jan 2016

Part 2 / 4
Episode 245: Dr. Hans Utter returns to continue our investigational series into history of FM radio, titled “The [Secret] History of FM Radio, Part 2: Context & Networks, The Radical Left & Negative Intelligence”. This episode was recorded March 01 and is being released on Saturday, March 05, 2016”.

Part 3 / 4
Episode 249: Dr. Hans Utter returns to continue our investigational series into history of FM radio, titled “The [Secret] History of FM Radio, Part 3: A Conspiracy of Networks, Facing the Aquarian”. This episode was recorded Arpil 28 and is being released on Saturday, May 19, 2016”.

Part 4 / 4
Episode 250: Dr. Hans Utter returns to complete our investigation into history of FM radio, titled “The [Secret] History of FM Radio, Part 4: I am the Network: No Translation without Transformation”. This episode was recorded June 04 and is being released on Saturday, June 11, 2016”.
