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Radio programming

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Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s though popularity has declined some since television became widespread.

In the early radio age, content typically included a balance of comedy, drama, news, music, news and sports reporting. US radio programmes included the most famous Hollywood talent of the day.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, television eroded the popularity of most of these type of radio shows, and by the late 1950s radio broadcasting took on much the form it has today - strongly focused on music, news and sports (though comedy and dramatic content can still be found).

In Britain during the 1950s, radio broadcasting was dominated entirely by the BBC. Rock and pop music fans, dissatisfied with the BBC's output, often listened to Radio Luxembourg. During the post-1964 period, western Europe offshore radio (such as Radio Caroline broadcasting from ships at anchor or abandoned forts) helped to supply the demand for the pop and rock music. The BBC launched their own pop music station, BBC Radio 1 in 1967.

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in what is now called old-time radio or the "Golden Age of Radio," with surviving shows being traded and collected in reel-to-reel, cassette, CD and MP3 format.

See also

• talk radio
• list of radio programs
• Internet radio
• list of radio stations
• list of Internet stations
• Digital audio broadcasting
• National Public Radio
• old-time radio
• Public Radio International
• Radio Comedy
• Radio drama

Radios Golden Years: The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs, 1930-1960		A Thirty-Year History of Programs Carried on National Radio Networks in the United States, 1926-1956.		Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932-1962		Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972
Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of over 1800 Shows		Media Log: A Guide to Film, Television, and Radio Programs Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Pu		Great Radio Audience Participation Shows: Seventeen Programs from the 1940s and 1950s		Radio Program Ideabook.
Greater than the bomb : the first publication in English of a radio program broadcast internationally in 1950 and repeated many times since