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Who Listens to the Radio? – Episode 1: Transmission Statement
Title:
Who Listens to the Radio? – Episode 1: Transmission Statement
Year
2024
Step back to the dawn of the 20th century. Radio was emerging as a marvel of maritime communication but would soon become the first form of home entertainment, reflecting and shaping Australian culture. Episode 1 of Who Listens to the Radio? revisits broadcast’s beginnings: the visionaries that propelled us forward, the early wireless that was crystal sets – and some eerie experiments along the way. 'Transmission Statement' is radio’s inception story, where the seeds were sown for its century-long reign.
RETURN TO WHO LISTENS TO THE RADIO? AN NFSA PODCAST
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.