The Art of Radio Develops from Early Broadcast Experience

Article abstract: Technical, patent, and licensing advances freed radio’s visionaries and performers to cultivate their art by broadcasting news and entertainment to mass audiences.

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Before the 1920’s, technological advances in radio engineering, patenting, and production capabilities far exceeded the young industry’s commercial exploitation of a mass listeners’ market. American radio until then was the technical preserve of skillful amateurs, hobbyists, engineers, and scientists. New corporations exploring the field of radio such...

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