The History of Radio and Television Essay

The history of radio dates back to the early 20th century with most credit accorded to Marconi after taking over from previous radio wave and magnetic wave transmission of information inventors. During this time, the four dominating players in the U. S. radio industry were Marconi, Aubrey Fessenden, John Stone, and Lee deForest. Radio grew more popularity, and early 1930's because of the Great Depression. As a result, the radio grew rapidly in the late 1920s 60 percent of the nation's households had radios. People also started equipping their cars with radio receivers (Barnouw 58). In 1930s Television was introduced and those who had only known the music, news, and talk radio of recent decades had an opportunity to replace vision with visualization.

Television had been a dream of many innovators and engineers in the closing decades of the 19th century, and the invention of movies, the telephone, and the radio seemed to put it all within reach. Comedy shows were commonly favorite entertainment on the radio, especially Amos ‘n' Andy. The violent discursive altercation that took place in the aftermath of West's appearance attested to a broader divergence over what constituted accepted normative gendered sexuality and the limits of the acceptable female public department in the U. S. at that time. Early television emanated from the network organization of early radio in the 1940s. Film studios and independent television producers teamed up to established television networks. Radio was a way for family members and individuals to escape the care of their everyday lives.