Every invention throughout time impacts its current want and future need. Inventions become assumptions when they are established. For example, the automobile - novelty to boom and evolving every year and decade since. Another example includes the television. In early film, screens were black and white so technicolor in The Wizard of Oz was awe inspiring...the same could be said of television. Television as a concept was groundbreaking as viewers could watch entertainment on a scaled size rather than imagine entertainment when listening to the radio...
...Speaking of radio, the history of radio.
The majority of my research source is technical to the build and transmission of radio waves to home use. The transition from AM to FM is also critical to the history of radio. FM is connected to music and other entertainment as well as broadcasting prior to television...
...Yet prior to television came entertainers who would grace the small screen in grand Hollywood style.
Consider Lucille Ball and My Favorite Husband. Did you know that this radio program laid the foundation for the television series, I Love Lucy, and the ultimate franchise behind Lucille, her husband Desi Arnaz (although later divorced), and DesiLu Productions?
Consider Jack Benny - the "king of comedy." The Jack Benny Program featured comedy sketches, song performances, and much more. If you close your eyes and listen intently, the radio program comes to life. After the series and the advent of the television, Jack made guest appearances on such shows as Johnny Carson (which was passed on to Jay Leno and now Jimmy Fallon...who was on Saturday Night Live for some time...and SNL has featured musical guests since Season 1, Episode 1.)
Consider released singles to radio stations ahead of albums that would chart and certify. Consider signature songs that receive airplay to this day. For these reasons, consider bands that have skyrocketed to legendary status because of the radio.
Consider tuning into sports broadcasts when not able to be at the game itself.
Consider college radio stations. Consider news based radio stations.
Consider this -
What do you listen to when a major story breaks through?
Consider now -
How do you listen to music? YouTube? Streaming? iTunes - iPod? CDs? If you have a CD player, is it a stand alone or combined with a radio? I have a CD player and radio...
...that has seen a lot of play, from one album to a collection by a variety of artists to WDCB - a public music and news station run by College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (where I received my Associate's Degree, was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, and discovered a healthy number of jazz musicians), and in conclusion...
...Speaking of radio, Set List is because (well, and Duran Duran).
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