1950's Radio History

The introduction of television casted a wave of change in the lives of the American public. In Gary Edgerton’s The Columbia History of American Television, he described the uprising of television, “involved the most extensive and ballyhooed series of public relations events ever staged around any mass medium in American history. “ (Edgerton, p.1) The first presentation of television played a pivotal role on how the American public adopted the new medium of technology and communication. I will explore the grand manner of how television was presented to the American public during the early years by the direction of David Sarnoff, and televised special of the 1939 World’s fair. In addition, how this presentation of television generated the acceptation

Throughout this investigation, many types of sources were used. Primary source recordings to books written by historians alike point to the same conclusion: Murrow’s famous broadcast planted seeds of dissent in public opinion and marked the beginning of the end for McCarthy’s political career. Every source used for this investigation supports this conclusion, which indicates that further research should be done. This investigation is lacking in sources demonstrating that Murrow was unimportant in McCarthy’s political career. In this way, this investigation is biased in support of Murrow.

As I sat in my apartment and waited for my guest I opened up my laptop to skim my notes. Edward R. Murrow, radio broadcast legend and American hero. This man survived London during World War II and now he’s coming over to my house for an interview. So many thoughts circled my head while I waited. What questions will I ask? How will he answer? Will I be able to use this interview at all? I kept frantically flipping through my notes when I heard a knock at the door.

After the First World War, many people were looking forward to good times. The 1920’s presented people with this time of fast-paced fun and adventure. Entertainment was the foremost part of everyday life during the 1920’s. Radio introduced a whole new practice of entertainment to people’s everyday lives. Likewise, through the utilization of the radio, people were able to experience a new medium to entertain themselves. Furthermore, the radio changed the face of society’s culture through its widespread use. In addition, radios provided people with a new, effective and efficient means of communication. Radio was a fundamental aspect in people’s lives during the 1920’s as it provided many people with news and entertainment in their

Radios which became popular in the 1920, changed the way information was spread a crossed America. The 1920’s in American was a crazy and exciting time, there was so much social and political change going on. People were beginning to work less but at the same time make higher minimum wage. Since people had more money and more free time it helped created the radio and movie industry in America. Over time the radio became a product of mass market.

First Edward Murrow started his career with CBS and was with them for 14 years (Biography.com, 2017). As a matter of fact, Edward Murrow career started when he lives “London, England” for two years (Biography.com, 2017, 2). In an event that happen Edward Murrow “risked his life” to report a bombing in London (Biography.com Editors, 2017, 2). As a result, Edward Murrow work from shelter covering this story so the audience would be on their toes wanting to know what happen next (Biography.com Editors, 2017). Although, Edward Murrow was a tremendous newscaster he was not known until 1951 where he star in “See it Now” (Biography.com Editors, 2017, 3). In fact, Edward Murrow did not believe in communist like Senator McCarthy (Biography.com Editors, 2017). In reality Murrow told a story about a “soldier who was removed from the military for being a security risk” (Biography.com, 2017, 3). Owing to, this Murrow showed “McCarthy for the bully that he was using McCarthy’s own words” (Biography.com Editors, 2017, 3). Edward Murrow was not going to show fear he was sticking up for what he believes in. However, Edward Murrow had a soft spot in his heart interviewing a “person to a person” (Biography.com Editors, 2017, 4). Regardless Edward Murrow did whatever it took to make is audience, entertain any if that meant jeopardizing his life for his

In 1894, Guglielmo Marconi built the first commercially successful radio, capable of military and marine communication based off of airborne Hertzian waves. This invention pushed communication for the world to new levels, and in the sprawling United States, the radio brought new ways to make money in a growing consumer market for the United States, as well as to bring the nation together more with the radio’s near instant ability for one person to reach millions directly. Although the radio was invented in 1894, it would take a few decades for the invention to become widespread. One of the first major groups to see the potential of the radio was the US Department of Agricultural.

I found that Mr. Murrow had three utmost important topics that were very endearing and focused mostly on them with total honesty, and those were in relation to Senators, Communism and Nazis. Edward Murrow followed up on those things listed throughout his entire career in journalism and media

Morace, Robert A. “The Enormous Radio.” Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition, September 2006, pp. 1. EBSCOhost, doi: 103331MSA15579830000556. Accessed: 22 March 2017.

Murrow was more than willing to take the risks involved in order to inform the public of the deceptive nature of McCarthy’s methods, and it is not outright stated, but conveyed through Strathaim’s acting choices and characterization, that Murrow saw it as his duty to the American people.

The coincidence of the growth of television with the first military defeat for America was used by the government to explain why the war was lost: it wasn’t because of government policy or by underestimating the enemy but because television journalism and lack of censorship that undermined the whole operation “by ‘graphic and unremitting distortion’ of the facts, pessimism, and unvarnished depiction of both Americas youthful casualties and American ‘atrocities’ inflicted on the Vietnamese.” The amount of televisions in America was on the increase; ‘In 1950, only 9 percent of homes owned a television. By 1966, this figure rose to 93 percent.’ This alone shows the sheer coverage that the news had and the potential influence that it could impose upon the minds of the people. Not only did more people have television sets in their homes but more and more people were relying on television over any other medium to obtain their news. The survey conducted by the Roper organisation for the Television Information Office in 1972 shows us that 64% of people got most of their news from television, an 8% increase from the survey conducted in 1964. Another factor in the power of television was not just the fact that it reached a wide audience, it was also the fact that people were more likely to believe what the television news said over reports in the newspaper or radio, especially if the reports were conflicting in nature. This was due to two factors; the personality who

The golden age for radio was the time in which radio had the biggest impact on the nation. The radio was important because it was the nations best form of entertainment at that time. Communities engaged in discussion on programs that the stations were airs. Radio increased entertainment, airing comedy, drama, musicals, and more. It was important because it gave a wide variety of entertainment. Programs that started on the radio made their way to television screens. Radio was also important because it provided a form of comfort to the nation. The current President Roosevelt used the radio as an outlet to talk to the nation when the Pearl Harbor attack occurred. He continued to use the radio to encourage the country during the course of the war.

During the 20th century was the roaring twenties, meaning a lot of things happened to like The Stock market Crashed, Many great inventions were invented, the Harlem Renaissance and jazz period happened, one of the greatest inventions that we use still to this day was invented and that was the Automobile and it also promotes what this article is about because a car has a radio and radios were also invented in the roaring twenties. The radio was invented in 1895 by a man named Guglielmo Marconi he was an Italian inventor by 1899 his invention(The Radio) was wireless. One of the first radio stations know was KDKA which was located in Pittsburgh,PA. One of the greatest stories involving radios

The radio is one of the most influential pieces of technology ever invented. From political debates to Taylor Swift’s latest hit, with the help of the radio, society stays informed on a plethora of topics. Freddie Mercury wasn’t lying when he said, “and everything I had to know, I learned it on my radio.” In almost every country in the world, there is at least one radio station used to broadcast news to it’s people. Since the creation of the FM radio, it has been used to reach out to people over a certain area and keep them informed about the society they live in. During the 1930s and the 1940s, the radio played a very important role in history; it was a tool used during World War II by America, Great Britain, and Nazi Germany. By sending

Broadcast media has been around for many, many years and the grandfather of them all is the radio. The radio has been around for so long and has become such a prominent fixture in our society that we take it for granted. Every day many of us are exposed to some form of radio without realizing it. From the beginning of its technology, other forms of media have evolved also; television, wireless internet, and cellular phones, which most of us use daily. Something we do not think of is, where did it all start, whose idea was this to begin with, and what will the radio of tomorrow be like or will there even be radio in the future. I guess we will see.