History of Radio

I found the timing of this class extremely ironic and somewhat reassuring. With our economy shaping up to model that of the 1930's learning about their method of coping was very suitable. Through the radio millions of americans were consolled through the dark days of the depression and then uplifted and infused with music in the years after. Just before this class I was contemplating how useful my degree will be in our declining economic state, im now somewhat relieved. As advertising flourished through radio in the 1930's the industrie will now flourish through the internet and social networking sites.

I love finding new interesting websites like otr.com! I poked around for a while and finally decided to give the hindenburg commentary a listen. I have always known what it was but i loved the brief history of the event its gives before listening to the podcast. What used to be an 8 minute clip has now been extended to thirty minutes of painful updates. In the extended version herb morrison interviews actual survivors that were straight from the wreckage. One man was even addressed as the "burning man." Other updates included crew members that survived through jumping out the windows. One podcast i was really sad not to find is war of the worlds. I have learned about that in three classes and have yet to hear the actually footage.