1930's Media

The 1930's was very rough time in America. A stock market market crash in late 1929 caused many banks and people to go into debt. The money flow in America was at an all time low. This caused massive job loss in America at this time. Unemployment hit an all time high at around 30% of the American people were unemployed. From the horrible economy many forms of culture took a massive hit. In media newspapers were printed less frequently and costed more money then they did before. But there was one bright spot about this time in media. Radio became big at this time, bigger then it was before. Radio brought people of all back grounds together at this time whether Black, White, Asian,  poor, rich or in the middle  anything else everyone listened to radio. More radio programs then ever before began to pop up and everyone enjoyed them. Also radio became more bigger national. Depending on a station you can listen to radio show in Chicago 2000 miles away in Los Angeles. Everyone loved radio at this time. This time and next decade were considered the "Golden Age of Radio". In this time American media expanded and became a get away point for many Americans.

1930's Entertainment and Sports

 

As I stated in the last post during the 1930's America was struggling financially. While our beautiful nation was going through the Great Depression there was some good in our nation. The business of entertainment took a little bit of a turn. More movies were being made at this time and they had sound. In the 1920's movies didn't have sound but in the 1930's movies did. Popular movies in this time include Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz. Another thing became very popular which was dance parties. What these are is a bunch of people going dancing in a dance hall for a a period of time (sometimes days) and they would earn a prize. But there was a catch, you couldn't stop dancing no matter what, people use to go to get prizes or just to see. These dance parties were very fun and brought lots of people together from different backgrounds to one place to have fun. Sports was also major at this time, but it wasn't really any different from the 1920's. Boxing and Baseball were top sports and with the help of national media sports superstars became icons. Sports icons at this time include Boxer Joe Louis and Baseball player Lou Gehrig.

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Jazz and Sports

In the 1920's America was humming as a country. What I mean by that is that the economy was great and the people were very happy. This is reflected by the entertainment at this time. You may ask what does that mean? That means that the mood was very happy and upright. The forms of entertainment were mainly music and sports. Sports very popular at this time were Boxing and Baseball. With the help of advances in media great sports players became national icons. Great sports players include baseball players Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb and Boxer like Bobby Jones or Jack Dempsey. The most popular form of music was by far Jazz. The Harlem Renaissance a movement that changed up African-American culture took place at this time which brought a form of music that blended traditional European music with African roots called Jazz. Jazz was very  upbeat and enjoyable by many people in that time period. Jazz and Sports became very popular in the 1920's.

The Radio Back in the Day 6

A great invention came in the early 1910's called radio. Radio is a media device in which you can listen to other people talk. This came way before television and was better also. In some ways you say its better than radio. You don't have to be one area to know what's going on (or listen). If you have a TV you have to be near the TV to know what's going on in it. Radio is also very good for you brain. It helps you with your acoustics with the recognition of different  voices on it.  Radio became popular because it was relatively cheap and everyone could listen at once no matter where you were in the house (if and only if the sound is loud enough). People all around the country started listening to radio programs being on late at night. Night time radio programs became very popular at this time like the Atwater Kent Hour or the Capital Hour. Most of these shows were either comedy shows or music shows. Radio programs like the  Lots of  journalism programs came after this like NBC, CBS or ABC started at this time. These journalism programs eventually grew into broadcasting companies which they are now.  From journalism companies to popularity Radio became a very popular form of entertainment in America and possibly all around the world.