The first
ever device to provide us with mass communication was the radio.
Early uses
of radios were for communication between the crews on ships and islands. This
expanded for communication between the police force, during the time of the
war, for news and for entertainment.
After the
Second World War, radios were mostly used for music.
The first voice and music signals heard over
radio waves were transmitted in December 1906 from Brant Rock
Before World War 1, the ability to use
headphone and “listen in” was amazing and “magical” for many citizens. This was
because there were no loudspeakers when the radio was invented.
However not many people heard a broadcast.
They only heard about the
broadcasts.
This was because in this particular time
period, only the people who made the radio (mostly men and boys) were able to
hear it.
Afterwards, radio mostly broadcasted music, news, and other types of programs from single broadcast
stations. Many listeners equipped with radio receivers pitched in.
Stations everywhere faced the same basic problem: they
didn’t know what program to put on air in order to attract and hold an audience.
They also didn’t know how to support a continuing service financially.
Broadcast radio remained the most widely available form
of mass communication in the world. On the other hand, television came into
existence in the 21st century. So in other words, radio had no match
with television - a box with sound, pictures and colour (or black and white
back in the days).
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