Radio Response To Lecture

I never realized that radio had such the major impact on my life that it does, until Miller's lecture. The invention of the radio, is as old as the beginning of the  1900's. I had never known the major impact that radio had had on the American culture, and society as a whole. Radio helped to create the cultural divide between adults, and teenagers, because of the music genre of rock'n roll, after World War 2. After World War 2, Americans had more disposable money, than ever before. Families, moved to the suburbs, because fathers, had enough money, to buy cars to commute to and from work. Because of the flow, of disposable money, working fathers had enough money to not only buy himself a car, but his wife, and teenager. In that car, teenagers would then listen to rock n' roll music on the radio, and at their teen hang out spots or teen clubs. Rock n' roll helped save radios, because after TV came out, radios began to decline in popularity and sales. Radios hit their peak, and "golden age' between the years of 1930 and 1939. After this golden age of radio, they quickly started to decline. Televisions had just came out, and was taking all of radio's advertisers, and talent, so radio needed something, to help keep it a relevant, and a commonly used medium, something that set it apart from television, and all of its competitors, which is where Rock n roll came in. Although, radio did have some advantages over television. One of them was that radio was portable and you could listen to music in your car, and wherever you were going, where as with televisions, that wasn't possible. Also, radios, are still relevant to our lives today. It is also hard for me to visualize or imagine a time when the "teenager" as we know it today did not exist. It is also hard for me to imagine, a time when there was only radio, instead of television. I do not know what I would do if I was forced to listen to my favorite television shows, instead of having the ability to be able to visually see and watch them. This lecture, has broadened my horizons on both radio and music. Now, whenever, I am in my car bopping to the latest tracks, I will forever think of this lecture, and of the origins of radio. I really enjoyed this lecture, it was both informative, and intriguing.