Can you hear that?... Its Radio!

It is there when you wake up, when you are travelling from place to place even when you are sitting at home reading a book, the radio. Personally I listen to the radio every chance I get, even when I am in the shower I have my stereo turned up to the max, and my aunt can testify to that! Personally, I cannot stand being in a room that is silent, which is why I always turn to my radio to bring a sense that there is a presence in the room besides me. I can laugh at what the broadcaster(s) are saying, sing along to the trendy music they play and even learn a thing or two about what is going on in the world. It is a huge part of every ones lives. It provides us with news, traffic updates, music, contests and when spending alone time reading, cooking eating etc., it brings a sense of lively hood into the room. It is a convenient form of entertainment that most of the time we do not even realize how much of a role it plays in our daily lives.

But, the purpose it was meant to serve, is not what it has developed to be now. Its stations were radiotelegraphy systems that did not carry sound. They were meant to transmit letters in Morse code. It was a means of commuting information quicker than sending a carrier to deliver the message, which may not have got to its destination until several weeks, or months later. It wasn't until Christmas Eve 1906 that the first (recorded) audio transmission was made, this was the starting point for advertisements, music and other ads to be broad casted by 1920. Today in the 20th century it has escalated from being used to quickly confirm business deals, to bringing people the news, traffic reports, weather, the latest music and advertisements for the trendy places to hang out like clubs.

Yes, it still continues to deliver messages quickly but the messages have changed from an easy way for businesses to communicate with one another, to these stations gaining the attention of the mass public convincing us that these radio stations are the best station to listen to...and of course, making a huge profit off of us. But hey, at the end of the day am I going to turn my radio on while I'm in the shower, OF COURSE! Its not a hard hobby to live out all I have to do is push a button turn up the volume dial and walk away, each step my life becoming more and more influenced by media.

N/A. Radio broad casting, History. September 22, 2008. Wikipedia .September 25, 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting.