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During the 1920s and 1930s, radio listeners could turn on their radios and hear action-packed adventure dramas complete with sound effects. Whole families gathered around the radio every day at a given time to listen to the next episode of their favorite radio adventure story, such as “The Shadow.” The stenode radio-stat, shown here, could indicate the radio station on the map at the top of the receiver.
The Shadow (R) & (C) Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. Used with permission. Courtesy of Gordon Skene Sound Collection/Hulton Deutsch