Roaring Twenties: Radio
Did You Know....
- 1921 - Radio station WJZ in Newark, NJ, is the first to broadcast a baseball game--the first game of the 1921 World Series on Oct. 5.
- 1922 - Radio station WEAF in New York broadcasts the first radio commercial that advertising a housing complex Hawthorne Court.
- 1924 - Calvin Coolidge first American President to be heard on the radio.
Web Resources
- Media History Digital LibraryOnline Access to the Histories of Cinema, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound
- Spotlight on the Golden Age of RadioDigital Deli Online
Chicago
Chicago's first radio broadcast was in 1921. The medium soared in popularity and Chicago birthed the popular 'soap opera' genre. (Photo by Chicago History Museum) Chicago's First Radio Broadcasst. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Dec 2011.Radio Golf
'Radio Golf', radio reception as sport: the winner is who reaches the highest number of kilometres when trying to receive radio stations located as far away as possible. - Photo, USA, c.1925. Radio Golf,Radio Recept.as Sport/ Photo. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Dec 2011.
Books
We interrupt this broadcast : the events that stopped our lives--from the Hindenburg explosion to the attacks of September 11 by Call Number: 070.1 GARISBN: 1570719748Publication Date: 2002Recounts the details of forty-three significant events of the twentieth century, each with from-the-scene photographs; and features two compact discs that contain over two hours of audio from the events as they were broadcast live.
And the fans roared : the sports broadcasts that kept us on the edge of our seats by Call Number: 070.4 GARISBN: 1570715823Publication Date: 2000Presents volume two of a two-volume set designed for the ultimate sports fan and includes hundreds of full-color and vintage illustrated photographs along with accompanying CDs that describe over forty of the most memorable moments in sports history as well as the actual calls of the announcers.
The Roaring Twenties Almanac and Primary Sources by Call Number: 973.91 HOWISBN: 1414402120Publication Date: 2006Presents a collection of entries that provide information on the 1920s in the U.S., including the political, economic, technological, and social events during the decade, and provides full and excerpted documents that offer a range of perspectives the period. Includes sidebar boxes and illustrations.
Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1920-1945 by Call Number: 973.91 PROISBN: 0737711434Publication Date: 2003Chronicles American history from 1920-1945 through topical chapters containing primary and secondary sources on such aspects as Prohibition, anti-immigrant feelings, the Scottsboro rape trial, the Dust Bowl, and the atomic bomb.
The Roaring Twenties by Call Number: 973.91 ROAISBN: 0737708840Publication Date: 2002Presents twenty-one firsthand accounts of several aspects of the 1920s in America, discussing the economic boom, economic inequality, the Red Scare, racial tensions, Prohibition, flappers and jazz, fads, and the stock market crash. Also includes a chronology, a selected bibliography, and a comprehensive introduction.
1920-1940: The Twentieth Century by Call Number: 909.82 192ISBN: 0737717556Publication Date: 2004Presents twenty-one primary and secondary documents on significant events in world history between 1920 and 1940, including the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Mussolini's March on Rome, the stock market crash, and others.
Conflicts in American History: A Documentary Encyclopedia: Volume VI, The Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, and World War II, 1920-1945 by Call Number: R 973 CONISBN: 0816070938Publication Date: 2010Contains narrative essays and primary documents that provide information on political, social, military, moral, and cultural conflicts in American history from 1920 to 1945, and includes biographical profiles, a chronology, maps, and illustrations.
Lifetimes: The Great War to the Stock Market Crash: American History Through Biography and Primary Documents by Call Number: R 973.91 LIFISBN: 0313317992Publication Date: 2002Examines the history of the United States from the Great War to the stock market crash of 1929 through biographical accounts of sixty Americans who had an influence on events of the period, each with portraits, photographs, and related primary documents.- Encyclopedia of American History: Volume VII, The Emergence of Modern America, 1900-1928 by Call Number: R 973 ENCISBN: 0816071438Publication Date: 2010Contains alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on American history that discuss events, movements, people, trends, political developments, and related topics from the early twentieth century; and includes primary documents, a chronology, bibliography, and index.
The 1920s: From Prohibition to Charles Lindbergh by Call Number: 973.91 FEIISBN: 0766016102Publication Date: 2001A chronicle of the 1920s, including the fads, triumphs, tragedies, and fashions of that decade.
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939: Decades of Promise and Pain by Call Number: 973.91 KYVISBN: 0313295557Publication Date: 2002Examines what daily life was like for ordinary people in the U. S. in the 1920s and the 1930s, discussing the impact of automobiles, electricity, radio, cinema, conflict and crime, the standardization of culture, the Great Depression, and the New Deal on the lives of American citizens.
American Decades Primary Sources: 1920-1929 by Call Number: R 973.91 AMEISBN: 0787665908Publication Date: 2004Contains approximately 160 primary sources on American history and culture from 1920 to 1929, featuring many different types of sources, arranged chronologically in twelve categories, including the arts, education, government and politics, media, medicine and health, religion, and sports.
The History of Us: War, Peace, and All that Jazz by Call Number: 973 HAKISBN: 0195153359Publication Date: 2003Explores the development of the United States from 1917 to 1945, covering including the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II.
