R2420th&21st

The development of commercial practices, patterns of mass production and consumption, and their economic and social impact. 20th and 21st century

Radios were created and made possible due to Marconi’s “wireless” communication and the vacuum tube, and they permitted the transmission of speech and music. In 1920, countries began making their own national broadcasting systems. Dictators and Presidents were able to use the radios for propaganda. The British created the British Broadcasting Company, BBC, in October 1922. Within a year, the BBC was broadcasting plays, concerts, and a variety of programs. Listening in to the BBC soon became a popular hobby and three out of four homes had a radio. By 1927, the BBC became a full-fledged public corporation and was financed by a government tax levied on all radio receivers.

//History of the BBC.// April 2009. []