Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Surveys by county agents suggest that numbers of farms equipped with radios in the U.S. grew from 145,000 in 1923 to 365,000 in 1924 to 550,000 in 1925. Farmers were found to tune in not so much for grand opera or baseball or political speecheds as for weather and market reports.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Surveys by county agents suggest that numbers of radio sets on farms in the U.S. had grown from 145,000 in 1923 to 365,000 in 1924 and 553,000 in 1925. A survey in1923 shows that the average price of the manufactured sets on farms was $175.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., USDA reports estimates of more than 1 million receiving sets now in regular use on farms. Article describes listener acceptance of the new medium. Also describes response to the USDA experimental radio market news service announced on December 21, 1920, and developed thereafter.
USA: Radio Institute of the Audible Arts, New York, New York.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16947
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Report of a symposium on the relation of radio to rural life. 67 pages., Summarizes points brought out at the symposium attended by heads of agricultural colleges, executives of farm groups, editors of agricultural publications, members of State Departments of Agriculture and State Extension Services, legislators and other rural leaders. Also summarizes agricultural radio programs broadcast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, its state extension services and the land-grant colleges in various states. Introductory paper by Brunner, editor of the publication.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Reports results of a survey by WLS Radio, Chicago, showing weather reports were the first choice of farm listeners.
