Portable Radio
Evolution of Music
<span style="font-weight:400;">The picture is of a Sony walkman with headphones and of a Kent cigarette packaging to compare the size of the walkman. The Walkman is a portable cassette player that can clip on your clothes and was not overwhelmingly big in size. This became popular in the early 1980s and allows people to listen to their favorite music and artists on the move. Now people could exercise and do homework listening to their own music and not disturb anyone else. This was a step away from vinyl records and not being able to listen to music when you are moving outside of your house or car. The Walkman is a revolutionary design that paved the way for modern iPods and iPhones to listen to music with. </span>
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TimeLife
1981
The Importance of Radio
How home radios were used and how they influenced Americans in the 1980s.
The picture consists of a 1980 Sony home radio that could be found throughout homes across America. The radio that is shown has to be plugged into a wall outlet and works with AM/FM radio channels. The picture also shows the volume nob which is on the top right and the bottom nobs are the adjusting and tuning. The normal size of these home radios was 17x14x5 inches.<br />Radios were popular for multiple reasons including news and entertainment purposes. In the 1980s radios became a source for free music and talk shows. This was the time that radio talk shows became more politically invested and shaped the political views of the American people. This is important because people become even more exposed to ADs and political affairs, no matter where someone went they were being bombarded by information from radios. Radios were influential in their commercials and the music they played on certain stations.
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Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region
1/8/2020