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Eighty-three percent of Americans have a radio–shifting how national information is shared.

Date: 1940

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Previous to this, national communication depended on literacy and/or access to hearing news by word of mouth. The fast proliferation of the radio increases the ability to reach people outside of their social networks, to market products directly to the population, and to build national opinions for and against a range of topics and strategies in healthcare and beyond.