Thursday, 18 November 2010

A BRIEF HISTORY OF RADIO DRAMA

1946 - Dick Barton Special Agent. Reflective of the time in the way that spys were a big part of the war and there was a lot of paranoia in society

1950s - Radio became main source of information and entertainment

1951 - Increase of over 300 of radio dramas a year

Late 1950s - 1960s - Science Fiction became very popular in radio drama. Because of space race and society's new found fascination with space.

1980s - Stereo was invented and so radio dramas could play around with sound more

2000s - Radio dramas have become less popular due to increase in technology and forms of media with which dramas can be produced. They are still broadcast however.

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