Since the 1920s radio has provided news, information and entertainment. Today it is something we take for granted. The development of radio technology has its own fascinating history that can tell us a great deal about its time. But radio can also be used as a ‘lens’ through which we can explore other histories and questions about society — for example, women’s history.
In the interwar period, radio transformed from being a novel ‘gadget’ into a medium for entertainment and information enjoyed by the whole family. In 1927 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded (previously a private company formed in 1922), and by 1935 more than 6 million families had radios.
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