{"id":200,"date":"2015-04-09T09:27:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T09:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:35:01","slug":"episode-07-history-of-broadcasting-radio-to-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"Episode 07: History of Broadcasting (Radio to TV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week Andrew, Steve, and Jonathan discuss the pre-TV broadcast history, including most importantly radio&#8217;s role in structuring how we organized television. Also hear Steve and Jonathan debate the 19th century&#8217;s understanding of baseball as local sport versus national mass media past time. Listen mouth agape as Steve and Jonathan debate the differences between the 1912 radio landscape and 2015 world of podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/andrew-and-steve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/andrew-and-steve-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"andrew and steve\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/andrew-and-steve-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/andrew-and-steve-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/andrew-and-steve-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-200 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=210'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/saratoga-springs-baseball-1880-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210'>\n\t\t\t\tBaseball game played in Saratoga Springs, 1880\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=205'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/douglas-inventing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-205\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-205'>\n\t\t\t\tSusan J. 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