Use the link below to answer all the questions. Write your answers down on binder paper.
1. What was radio like in the dawn of the 1930's?
2. Whats was the most popular radio format of the late 1920's?
3. Who were the Connecticut Yankees?
4. What changes did the show make in 1932?
5. Who was the host of Zanies and why was he chosen?
6. In what was was Cantor a multimedia star?
7. What were the three factors that contributed to Cantor's success on the radio?
8. Who was Ed Wynn and why was he successful?
9. What show did Jack Pearl get his first exposure on and who was his stooge? What do you think a stooge is?
10. Describe why Joe Penner was so popular?
11. What were the two inspirations for Maxwell House Showboat?
12. In what ways did this program break ground?
13. What was the first radio drama to come out of Chicago?
14. Why were the sound effects unique?
15. How many stations carried "The Chevrolet Chronicles" in 1930?
16. What famous celebrity conducted the interview segment?
17. How long was the Amos and Andy show in the 1930's?
18. When the show was first conceived, how was it different than it became in it's later years?
19. Who were the two actors that portrayed Amos and Andy?
20. Why are there very few recordings left from this time period?
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