Media of the 1950’sSports! News!

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Works Cited!

Sports!

After the invention of the Television, the growth of sports was exponential!

During this time college football was more popular than pro football!

Boxing was also a popular sport. The first Olympics to be televised

worldwide were the 1960 Rome Olympics. Here is a clip of a 1950’s sports broadcast.

News!

After the television was released, local news became a huge need

The first presidential speech to be televised was by FDR on October 5th 1947.

The news being broadcasted over the radio and television allowed a much more “intelligent” population

The news system informed people about weather, recent happenings and the broadcast most listened to, and watched was war information.

For a list of 1950’s radio programs, click Here!

Advertisements!

Advertisements in the 1950’s were NOTHING like they are today. Commercials in the 1950’s were very over the top or

ridiculous, many of us have seen 1950’s commercial’s. Most commercials during this time would focus

their attention on women EX. cleaning supplies, ironing boards…

Many of the commercials featured a song or “jingle” and a cartoon character!

Here is a link of a commercial forKool-aid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKY2O4KFmMU

Television!

Some of the types of shows in the 1950’s were Comedy’s Sitcom’s Drama’s Action Western’s

Popularity The popularity of the television exploded once released, at first, it was not a

affordable item to the everyday person, but, once the economy was revived, 1 in 4 people had a television in their home!

Popular shows There were many popular shows in the 1950’s. Some of which are still

played today, and some still even have new episodes! Some of them are: The Jetson’s I Love Lucy Addams Family Magnum P.I. The Flinstones

Click HERE for a full list of 1950’s television shows!

More Television!

This graph shows how income and ownership of a television are related.

Works Cited

"American History - 1950-1959." Lone Star College-Kingwood Library Home Page. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html>.

"Classic TV - Those Old TV Shows." The Fifties Index - Oldies Music, Classic TV, Fifties History, Fifties Clothes, Burma Shave, Elvis, American Bandstand, Sixties Fashion and more. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv50.htm>.

"Classic TV Shows Index - Old TV Shows List." The Fifties Index - Oldies Music, Classic TV, Fifties History, Fifties Clothes, Burma Shave, Elvis, American Bandstand, Sixties Fashion and more. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv-shows.htm>.

"List of old-time radio programs." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_old-time_radio_programs>.

RadioLovers.com - Old Time Radio Shows. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.radiolovers.com/>.