In class we have been studying radio. Let's be real, radio is not the same as it was back in the 1920s. Radio has changed more drastically in the past 90 years from talk shows to music. Radio was a place that everyone used to get their news from, it was a place of unity where families would gather around the radio to hear the President address the public. It used to bind people together and it was their source of news.
Now look at radio. It can be found on itunes, in the car, and on the internet. However, radio cannot be played on an ipod. It is interesting to think about how much time has changed. Radio transformed into television, which is slowly transitioning into the internet.
But it is also interesting to see that radio is not dying. Radio realized that in order to survive it had to completely transform itself since all the big radio reporters and entertainers moved to TV in the late 1940s. This is when radio started to play music and became more niched. There were various stations that appealed to very different audiences, much like it is today.
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