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The advertisement is too small for me to read, but in 1939 radio and recorded music had been around for decades.
But they clearly didn't have market penetration. Electric cars were invented before gas ones and still don't dominate in most countries, maybe only one?
In 1939 80% of households had radios, there were over 1400 stations and 4 networks.
It's fascinating to think that sound recording was so new it had to be explained. People needed examples of what someone would record or play back and why. Every new technology goes through a period like this.
The Bell System did this when dial telephone service was first introduced. They held town meetings with a giant rotary dial onstage where someone explained it and demonstrated how to dial your calls. And they made an instructional film about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45T7U5oi9Q
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/islander...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The advertisement is too small for me to read, but in 1939 radio and recorded music had been around for decades.
But they clearly didn't have market penetration. Electric cars were invented before gas ones and still don't dominate in most countries, maybe only one?
Even before electric cars got more common, basically everybody knew what an electric car is.
This is the same post from 8 days ago from the same user. When you tap on the old er post it opens this one. Why is that?