For the radio, the 1930s was a golden age. At the start of the decade 12 million American households owned a radio, and by 1939 this total had exploded to more than 28 million. But why was this ...

By 1930, around 40 per cent of the American population owned a radio set, and this number had more than doubled by 1939. Sports, news reports, plays and shows were broadcast by radio. When the ...

So what was the discerning 1930s gentleman of business to do ... which as this video on the receiving end of the New York to London radio connection shows, was probably entirely justified.

Pioneering audience research on the effect of radio in homes across the country ... of the interviews which were not published in the 1930s detail domestic tensions, Ms Reubens said.