"Radio was everywhere, it was taken for granted."
During the Great Depression, radio's popularity grew. This new form of mass communication brought entertainment to people in their homes. They were able to divert themselves from hardship going on in their lives and sit and relax. Some people thought the radio helped provide a sense of autonomy by being able to understand the world in personal terms. Others felt that the radio was a way to communicate with a mass audience. With time, Americans were able to determine what the radio was and how the new medium can play a role in their lives. Radio was now linking people across the country.
People were now connected to what was going on in the world as well as being provided entertainment. During the Depression, people who could afford radios, flocked to buy them. It was an easy way to provide entertainment for a large number of people at basically no cost. It couldn't have come at a greater time in history. People had no money to do anything. The radio provided free entertainment that people had not been used to before. They could sit around their house for hours as if it were a television.
Comedians were performing skits on the radio. Daytime soap operas were being aired. Feature shows were aired in the evening. Singers and orchestras were performing. The great American pastime, baseball, was being aired. News was being aired. All of these combined, made it possible for Americans to continue living during the Depression. They were now able to laugh, listen, and enjoy things that they never could have heard before. Families could sit around the radio in the evening and listen to the Lone Ranger or the Green Hornet. It also played a role in uniting people and bringing families closer together during tough times.
The rise of the radio was revolutionary. Since it was the first medium to link everyone across America, people could be informed about things taking place on the other side of the country. For the people that couldn't afford to go to a baseball game, they were able to listen to the entire game on the radio. If martians from Mars were to invade Earth, people could now be informed.
People were now connected to what was going on in the world as well as being provided entertainment. During the Depression, people who could afford radios, flocked to buy them. It was an easy way to provide entertainment for a large number of people at basically no cost. It couldn't have come at a greater time in history. People had no money to do anything. The radio provided free entertainment that people had not been used to before. They could sit around their house for hours as if it were a television.
Comedians were performing skits on the radio. Daytime soap operas were being aired. Feature shows were aired in the evening. Singers and orchestras were performing. The great American pastime, baseball, was being aired. News was being aired. All of these combined, made it possible for Americans to continue living during the Depression. They were now able to laugh, listen, and enjoy things that they never could have heard before. Families could sit around the radio in the evening and listen to the Lone Ranger or the Green Hornet. It also played a role in uniting people and bringing families closer together during tough times.
The rise of the radio was revolutionary. Since it was the first medium to link everyone across America, people could be informed about things taking place on the other side of the country. For the people that couldn't afford to go to a baseball game, they were able to listen to the entire game on the radio. If martians from Mars were to invade Earth, people could now be informed.
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