Radio made the communication over distance faster, it brought entertainment to the people’s houses, cars and it made live sessions possible.
We have to ask ourselves what the radio waves might do to our body. Radio waves are made of two type’s, electrical and magnetic energy. (Steve Parker, “How Radio Works”) Nobody knew how it will affect the human body. They are largely unaffected by day or night, rain or weather. (Steve Parker, ”How Radio Works”) That means they go through our bodies. The invention of the radio might started wars and killed in the war a lot more people than there should be without it. Marconi helped improve radio sets …show more content…
(Steven Parker, “Radio’s Golden Age”)
The radio was one of the importants inventions in the 1900s and was a very new technology. (Steven Parker, “On the Radio”) The very first radio was a fortunate accident, built by Karl Jansky at Bell Telephone Labonatories, New Jersey. (Jacqueline Bilton) Macaroni set up early public broadcasting stations in the United States and England. (Steven Parker, “On the Radio”) But the equipment at the begin was very big, expensive, difficult to operate, and not very reliable. (Steven Parker, “On the Radio”) At first radio only was used for police and other emergency services also for the armed forces, ships, and airplanes. (Steven Parker, “On the Radio”) In 1906, the first message to carry music and speech was sent. …show more content…
People listened for the openers of their favorite shows. The Big Box in the living room was everybody’s ticket to adventure, laughter, sweet music and romance. (Loretta Britten, Sara Brask) Radio became so a popular source of entertainment and news that it became a serious source of competition for newspaper. (Petra Press) It truly added richness to the American life. (Petra Press) In the 1930’s the market was flooded with the new entertainment and communication device. In 1931, 12 million or 40 percent of the countries homes owned at least one radio. (Petra Press) Groth of the radio industry was so high that Congress passed the Communications Act of 1934. (Petra Press) By 1939, at least 44 million radios were in use in over 80 percent of houses in the United States. (Petra Press) Radio appealed to every possible human interest, like local news, stories, political commentary, and sports events. (Petra Press) Radio listeners in the 1930’s loved private eyes, continuing the love affair such as True Detective. (Petra Press) 1954, radios were small enogh to carry on bicicles. (Steven Parker, “Radio goes Mobile”) One of the earliest news events to spread by radio was the death of Britains King. (Steven Parker, “On the Radio”) 1910, Dr. Peter Harley Harrey Lippen became the first criminal caught by radio. (Steven Parker, “On the Radio”) Also one of the first big things heard live was the world heavy weight boxing championship. (Steven