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The earliest radio programs of the 1920s were largely unsponsored; radio stations were a service designed to sell radio receivers. In early 1922, American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) announced the beginning of advertisement-supported broadcasting on its owned stations, and plans for the development of the first radio network using its ...
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The American Album of Familiar Music; The American Forum of the Air; American History Through Radio; American Portraits; The American School of the Air; Americas Answer; Amos 'n' Andy [1]: 12–17 An Evening with Romberg; The Anderson Family; The Andrews Sisters; Andy and Virginia; The Andy Russell Show; Ann of the Airlanes; Appointment with ...
Radio broadcasting has been used in the United States since the early 1920s to distribute news and entertainment to a national audience. In 1923, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one radio receiver, while a majority did by 1931 and 75 percent did by 1937.
1920s: Radio was first used to transmit pictures visible as television. 1926: Official Egyptian decree to regulate radio transmission stations and radio receivers. [40] Early 1930s: Single sideband (SSB) and frequency modulation (FM) were invented by amateur radio operators. By 1940, they were established commercial modes.
According to the Social Security Administration, the most popular baby names of the 1920s were “taken from a universe that includes 11,372,808 male births and 12,402,235 female births.”
Unlike the modern club DJ who mixes transitions between songs to create a continuous flow of music, radio DJs played individual songs or music tracks while voicing announcements, introductions, comments, jokes, and commercials in between each song or short series of songs. [8] During the 1950s, 60s and 70s, radio DJs exerted considerable ...
The Big Show (NBC Radio) The Big Story (radio and TV series) Big Town; The Bing Crosby Show (1954–1956) Blackhawk (radio series) Blackstone, the Magic Detective; Blondie (radio series) Bob Crosby; Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders; Bold Venture; Boomer Jones; Boston Blackie (radio series) Break the Bank (1945 game show) Bride and Groom ...