impact of radio Radio had the same impact as music Radio dropped in record sales just as Internet is now dropping in record sales Internet is currently hurting the record industry All of these things like radio acted as a way of promoting music selling a lot more cds and records because they were being promoted on the radio they liked what they heard and wanted to have the convenience to hear it when they wanted to Left sets of the grand opry originally a radio then tv show for country music which originally was a localized southern and western thing Suddenly by making it available on the radio in Detroit NY all places become interested in country music Third Ray Charles limited to the south and black circuits of the music got out before the music was put on the radio and a lot of people thought they liked him radio and popular music Bessey Smith heard by white audience maybe race doesn t matter so much Missing Slide Impact of radio Created national stars Brought in teen audience as consumers o Bill Cosby Frank Senatra two of the original teen idols
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