That effort failed, so the Navy began to develop ideas for promoting interest in radio, since amateurs were a ready reserve of operators. On October 5, 1919, a Navy station in New York City inaugurated a nightly broadcast of "various items of interest to the amateur", in order to "maintain the interest of radio amateurs and to train them in receiving code", as reported in Navy to Broadcast News for Benefit of Amateurs, from the December, 1919 Popular Science Monthly. .
The early 1920s was the beginning of the radio craze. Several Universities, churches, newspapers and businesses all became broadcasters, with stations located in stores, and houses. All of which had to share the same wave length of 360 meters, it was becoming the only means to news and entertainment. .
The cost of producing radio shows was increasing. Rising costs and discriminating guidelines forced many nonprofit stations to sell out to the larger monopolies, which were mostly the telephone, telegraph, and radio component businesses. When the 1930s rolled around the radio was being controlled by two major radio networks, NBC and CBS. .
By this time, half of America had radios and most people accepted and applauded the idea of national broadcasting. Radio announcers were becoming personalities, adored by millions, and politicians actively encouraged the new medium. .
When television was introduced it brought about an enormous change to the nation. A new way of telling stories, a new outlook on the media world. It made anchors into celebrities. The largest effect the television made was it made its audience view the world and the news in a completely new way. .
We often hear phrases like, "television has changed the world". America is a society where everyone owns at least one television set, and is the most used appliance in households where watching it daily has become routine. .
Nowadays, people don't find the time for an art exhibit, crafts, or even a candle lit dinner.
