AUG 20, 24 .. HOW I LOVED THE RADIO..
As a child, say between ages 5 years and perhaps 12 years, I loved listening to the radio. WWL New Orleans, Louisiana. WOWO Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Detroit, Michigan, stations. CKLW in Windsor, Ontario.
And Oh My. The old time radio theater shows. Some dated back into the 1930’s. The Lone Ranger. The Shadow. Dragnet. Sam Spade. Fibber McGee and Molly. Ozzie (Nelson) and Harriet (Hilliard). Don McNeills Breakfast Clubbers. Don McNeill died on May 7, 1996. His Breakfast Club ended its remarkable 35-year network run on December 27, 1968.
And? I could go on and on and on.
And then came Sports Radio.
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We do NOT just publish any random “Day”. No, either Patti or I have to really feel a connection to a “Day” to publish it.
NATIONAL DAY CALENDAR.. Is the source of all of the information on my “Days”.
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Let’s see what we have here!
On August 20, we’ll be coming to you on all frequencies for National Radio Day. Radio was once one of the most incredible technologies on Earth – used by militaries and governments alike for navigation, news distribution, and more. It made news and music more accessible and brought us closer as a nation and a planet. Though today we rely more heavily on the internet and television for what we once relied on radio for, radio is far from dead and increasingly appreciated for its vintage and fantastic content.
Though we typically attribute the invention of the radio to Gugliemo Marconi in the 1890s, Nikola Tesla was reportedly first to demonstrate radio in 1893. Nonetheless, the process spanned decades, with many scientists making small but significant contributions to the understanding of electromagnetic induction, electric conduction, and radio waves. For example, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz discovered radio waves in the 1880s, which helped prove a theory of electromagnetism put forth by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873.
It took quite a bit of time after the discovery of the radio for the technology to be used as communication — this was both because the inventors hadn’t yet realized the practical and life-changing applications of their development and because there were many more components needed to transmit and detect electrical waves.
Public radio broadcasting has its own inventor and that’s Lee de Forest. He transmitted the first public radio broadcast, which featured the voices of opera stars, in 1910. De Forest’s Radio Telephone Company went on to manufacture the first commercial radios which could pick up a signal from miles away.
Obviously, radio was huge for music and changed the landscape of the industry immediately. News took to the radio, as well, and announcers could quickly hop on air to deliver the happenings of the day to a massive audience.
The first radio news program was broadcast on August 31, 1920, out of Detroit — at a station that survives today as WWJ.
With the digital revolution and the wireless era, radio changed and adapted. Today, though radio is used for a variety of functions, it no longer holds its former top slot in entertainment and news media. With television, the internet, and more, it’s hard for radio to compete in that space – but people still love it, and it doesn’t look like radio is going away anytime soon. In fact, we appreciate radio even more these days for its old-school vintage.
Radio Tid-Bits.
In the early 20th century, radio also began to be used for broadcasting sports.
1934.. The Chicago Bears played against the Detroit Lions in the first broadcast of a professional football game on Thanksgiving Day.
1939.. NBC broadcast a college baseball game between the Princeton Tigers and the Columbia Lions.
1964.. WNBC, New York’s NBC affiliate, launched the first sports talk show in radio history.
In the 1960s and 1970s, sports communication radio became a major force in broadcasting as radio technology improved and listenership increased. In recent years, sports radio has adapted to virtual media and the internet, allowing traditional AM and FM stations to reach listeners around the world. Sports talk radio companies also often stream their episodes online.
More than two-thirds of people surveyed listen to the radio in their car.
Two-out-of-three people surveyed listen to the radio every single day!
Nearly one-in-two love to sing along to the radio.
Radio stations West of the Mississippi River use K as the first letter in their call signs, while those to the East use W.
For 62% of shoppers, they’ve been listening to the radio just 14 minutes before heading into the store – what an advertising opportunity.
Smiling.
Cap and Patti
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