Radio In The 1920's

In the start of the 20th century radios offered the people an immediate coverage of any news that needed to be told. Not only was radio one of the fastest ways to get news at the time, it also gave its listeners entertainment such as sports, music and comedy skits. In the early 1800’s, any news that needed to be sent often took days to reach its recipient. Later on inventions such as the telegraph and the telephone allowed messages to be delivered in faster way. In 1887 Henry hertz in the Hertzian waves which was the result of his experimentation with radio waves. This discovery led to the development of radio broadcasting. Guglielmo Marconi used the discoveries by Morse, Bell and Hertz to expand the idea of wireless messages. Marconi’s idea became a success when he wa able to

Later on more experimental radio stations came about. Charles D. Herrold founded the experimental station FM in 1909. Other stations were also created such as Station 9XM, 6ADZ, 4XD, and 8MK. Radio audience began to expand, broadcasters saw that regular broadcasting was attracting a loyal audience. Once radio maker’s saw the potential of making money in radio 3 developments took place. The Blanket Licensing Agreement, the Decision that radio would accept commercial sponsors and the Radio Act of 1927. The Blanket Licensing Agreement arranged for stations to pay the ASCAP a $250 annual fee to use all the ASCAP licensed music. To pay this annual fee radio stations started to sell advertising time. Many stations started to appear and they were interfering with one another’s signals. The Radio Act of 1927 was passed to deal with the issue. In the 1930’s and 1940’s radio started to become a powerful cultural and political force. Radio network began to form to bring in revenue and be a source of programming. David Sarnoff launched NBC, William S. Paley started CBS and NBC-Blue was sold to Edward Noble who renamed it