The Growth and Influence of Radio Broadcasting in the Unite States

"The development and influence of radio broadcasting in the United States is one of the most convincing chapters in communication history.In less than 30 years, 90.7% ... at home ... I got a radio received Machine: This means 33,998,000 "home of radio" or about 130 million potential listeners (Bartlett). In the United States for many years, I turned on the radio switch in my car, in my home, or in my workplace, but at the time I was welcomed by the most popular music and radio. The moderator discussed the most controversial topic at that time.

It was considered as the golden age of broadcasting from the 1920s to the 1950s. During this period, the number of radio stations licensed in the US increased from 5 in 1921 to more than 600 in 1925 (Salmon, 2010). The introduction of radio broadcasting provides a valuable connection between the city center town and small town. Country radio stations can spread music all over the country and are broadcasting a variety of local music that is rapidly spreading throughout the country. With the progress of technology in the 1940s people have become easier to hear their favorite music and artists. The release of the tape recorder opened the way to some innovation in the music industry. The first commercial recorder was monaural. In other words, there was only one track to record sound on the tape. This seems to be limited, but at that time it enabled exciting innovation

American radio stations often play popular music. Each music station has a format or type of songs to be played, but these are usually similar, but it is different from general general classification. Many radio stations in the United States are owned and operated locally and offer a variety of recordings, but many other stations are owned by large companies such as Clear Channel and are usually smaller and repeatable It will be formatted with many playlists. Billboard magazine tracked commercial sales of records and created numerous music charts for various recorded music sales. Billboard Hot 100 is a single pop chart, several song records; longer pop recordings are tracked by Billboard 200 in the album. Total CD sales volume in the US in 2005 exceeded 705 million units, single unit sales less than 3 million units.

According to estimates by the National Association of Broadcasters, by 1922 60,000 households in the United States used radios, and by 1929 the number reached 10 million. This is the "golden age" of the radio. However, if there is no advertisement, you can not increase sales any more. Advertisement time sales began with the development of ABC. By 1934 nearly 600 radio stations were broadcasting to more than 20 million homes in the United States. By the middle of the decade the US commercial radio broadcast has grown to 100 million dollars.