Connection Across Time: Age of Anxiety

During the Age of Anxiety there were a lot of advances in the entertainment industry. We began to see more silent films and public radio stations. Much of these advances are still in use today. The KDKA in Pittsburgh it is still one of our nations top radio stations that has expanded into television.The KDKA radio was started because of Westinghouse Electric, which is a company worth billions today. When I received my assignment for the Age of Anxiety I called up my cousin and told her that part of my topic was KDKA. My connection across time to the KDKA is that my cousin Shannon had her first internship with KDKA television and now works in communications at Westinghouse, it is amazing that something like a radio station can expand so far and create jobs for a nice sized portion of Pittsburgh. I also find it amazing that the BBC, a public radio commissioned by Parliament, is also continuing to expand today. The BBC has gone from one radio station to about ten radio stations and over twenty television stations that are broadcast worldwide. In fact every morning on my way to school I turn on my satellite radio and listen to BBC 1 and then at night I watch BBC America. Listening to radio today we would never think that they were started to help ease tensions after a war, or that they are what evolved into the television we watch everyday.