Radio vs. Televion
Radio and television broadcasting is a big part of American life; but the question of whether radio or television is superior to the people still stands. According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, in 1990 only 1% of U.S homes had no radio, and the average household owned at least five radios. As early as 1960 David Sarnoff had suggested music can be brought into American households via “ A simple radio music box,” Or wireless receiver. With those profits Sarnoff hoped to establish a national broadcasting network, whose principal elements were to be entertainment, information, and education, with an emphasis on the first feature – entertainment. Broadcasting spread rapidly across the country during the early nineteen-twenties. In nineteen-twenty two more than five hundred stations were licensed by the government. Lack of government regulations advanced the radio’s growth and rapid commercialization in 1920 the Westinghouse engineer Frank Conrad received a license for what is regarded as the nation’s true radio station, KDKA Pittsburgh, Pa. KDKA broadcast schedule music programs, sports, and the nineteen-twenty presidential election. During the following year Westinghouse began to
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