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Old May 25th 06, 03:21 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default The Radio Life - It is a Generational Thing !

DE,

The Radio Life - It is a Generational Thing !
Every Two Decades a Generation of Radio Listeners
and Non-Radio-Listeners has come and gone . . .

After World War II things started to change . . .
for Radio in the American Home and as a
Form of Entertainment for the American Family.

At one time a Radio AM and later FM was the sole
form of Electronic Entertainment in most American
Homes excluding a Phonograph {Record} Player.
And most homes had a Radio in the Living Room
and Kitchen. Plus Radios were in every Car.

In the 1950s and 1960s the TV became the main
source of Home Entertainment in the Front Room
with a Radio still in the Kitchen. Clock Radios
moved into the Bedroom. Radios were in Cars.

In the 1970s and 1980s the TV / VCR / Cable
TV was the main source of Home Entertainment
in the Family Room with TV now in the Kitchen.
TV had also moved into the Bedroom. Radios
were in Cars.

In the 1990s and 2000 the TV / DVD / VCR /
Cable TV / Satellite TV is now the main source
of Home Entertainment in Every Room in the
House. Radios DVDs and Satellite Radios were
in Cars.

EVERY TWENTY YEARS A NEW GENERATION
of Home Entertainment Seekers has their own
Life Experience of what Home Entertainment IS.

* For the Children of the 1970s TV etc is their
common everyday standard of What Home
Entertainment IS - And Radio was something
you had to listen to while you were in a Car.

* For the Children of the 1990s a Home PC and
the Internet plus TV etc is their up-graded everyday
standard of What Home Entertainment IS - And
Radio and CDs were something you had to listen
to while you were in a Car.

Where the Child of the 1950s Experienced and
Knew Radio as a Part of Their Daily Life - - -
The Child of the 2000s has Not Experience Radio
in, of, and by-itself; and Knows Not Radio as the
Center of Their Home Entertainment Life.

it's about radio - stay tuned ! ~ RHF