The Antlerette Volume 98
Fall Magazine: Life in Scenes
Issue 3
The Advancement of America, the Radio Khang Pham, Staff A radio, who still uses that these days? In a car, a radio might be helpful, but in the twenty-first century people have apps like Apple Music and Spotify, along with Bluetooth. A radio is almost irrelevant. But barely fifty to seventy years ago, radio use was very widespread in homes, in cars, and pretty much everywhere. Barely a century ago the radio wasn't even used or invented yet, but with the rise of communication technology, the radio was soon to follow. First, the radio was used primarily in wars. Commonly used to communicate across long distances in World War I, the radio was a key technology piece in the victory of the US. As the radio was the first wireless communication service in the whole world, the radio was very sought after.
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