... families listened to the radio. In August 1921 there was only one licensed radio station in America. By the end of 1922 there were 508. By 1929 the new NBC network was making $150 million a year. Radio gave access to new music. At this time Jazz music became an obsession among young people. The 1920's became known as the 'Jazz Age' and such was the popularity of Jazz music at this time. With Jazz came new dances such as the Charleston and new styles of behaviour, which were summed up in the image of the flapper, a woman who wore short dresses and make-up and who smoked in public. It is however fair to say that the older generation Americans saw Jazz as a corrupting influence on the young people of America. In Hollywood a major film industry was developing. New stars like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were making audiences ...

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