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The radio started making it's way into politics in 1924, when Calvin Coolidge's inauguration speech was broadcasted to 24 million people through the use of the radio. This was just the first step in what proved to be a very exciting decade in the world of radio, if you could afford to buy one of course. After the 1924 election both presidential parties used the radio to benefit their campaigns. Little fun fact, these politicians had to pay for their own air time, and it was about 10,000 dollars an hour. Franklin Roosevelt was the most famous president of that time to use the radio to reach people, as his "fireside talks" allowed him to connect with millions of people in the comfort of his own home. Also, news networks could finally establish themselves thanks to radio, and things such as NBC and CBS came into existence. I think it is also really cool how much information could go to so many people just because of the radio. It is interesting to think of a time when you might never had heard the president's voice. The radio allowed everyone to know when the Hindenburg blimp blew up which was a pretty major thing because it would have taken weeks for newspapers to convey the same information.
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