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EH.Net Encyclopedia: History of the Radio Industry in the United States to 1940 (3977 words) |
 | Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. |
| The growth of radio in the 1920s and 30s can be seen in Tables 1, 2, and 3, which give the number of stations, the amount of advertising revenue and sales of radio equipment. |
| That radio was to be a regulated industry was decided in 1912, when Congress passed a Radio Act that required people to obtain a license from the government in order to operate a radio transmitter. |
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| January 5 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. |
| November 7 - In Washington, the middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion (it opened to traffic on July 1, 1940 as the third-longest suspension bridge in the world). |
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