The Shaping of Radio in the 1920's

Government regulation and intervention were huge forces in the shaping of radio in the 1920's.

Now what can government regulation do to shape anything? Haha easy, they're the government. Especially in the 1920's when we had just gotten out of WWI, if the government sees anything as a crucial technology or event and if there could be any mess ups if everybody isn't on the same page with it then the government will step in to do something about it. Think about guns, definitely a crucial technology there. And there are definitely rules and regulations set in on them, without messing with the 2nd amendment of course.

So what did the government do for radio in the 1920's? Well radio was of course crucial to everything. It did provide communication over long distances and all that jazz, and when things started to look messy who else but the government stepped in to settle the issues at hand. One of these issues was a need for standardization. Marconi, the man who developed the radio transmitter, and several other early inventors were having some big disputes over the patents of the technology. The government saw this and of course saw that it needed to be settled. So they stepped in, took control, and standardized the technology so everyone could have the same form of radio (of course everyone back then was mainly the government, military, and other HUGE enterprises.)

So in the end, thanks to government regulations, everyone all got the same technology and the 1920's were set for all new developments in the radio industry.