Roaring 20s Research Article from History Firsthand

This Study Guide consists of approximately 199 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Roaring 20s.

Roaring 20s Research Article from History Firsthand

This Study Guide consists of approximately 199 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Roaring 20s.
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Graham McNamee

The widespread availability of radios for the first time in the 1920s forever changed American culture. Never before had so many people been able to simultaneously experience sporting events, celebrity fetes, or concerts featuring international stars.

As an announcer for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in New York, Graham McNamee was one of the most famous voices in the United States. His enthusiastic, fastpaced descriptions of the World Series, Charles Lindbergh's ticker-tape parade, and other events made him wildly popular among millions of radio listeners.

Broadcasting has come, within the brief ten years of its history, to fill an important function in the public life of America. And this function—a thrilling aspect of radio's place as an entertainment medium—has likewise played an important part in my own career at the microphone.

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