Radio dominated the first half of the 20th century but the advent of affordable TV sets in the 1950s seemed to spell doom for the format. Yet, radio endured. Radio was able to create a distinct image for itself, separate from TV. I have own theories as to why (cars, transistor radios and the music industry) but nothing conclusive.

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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (3 children)

well music did not benefit from a tv at all until music videos became popular in the 80's when video killed the radio star. Seriously though then there is the car which tapes and then cds and such sorta ate into but I know for myself I still just throw the radio on in the car. I real don't want any more of a distraction than that. I bet most people listen to broadcast radio now more often than watch broadcast tv if you look over the whole population. Maybe not but I would not be surprised. Its way cheaper to.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    Radio made music a safe career for uggos, but now we just have auto-tuned beauties singing music other people wrote and performed.

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