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This 1921 photo of Cassville, Wisconsin, shows an automobile repair shop and a shoe store.
The radio was everything Bettmann/Getty Images
In 1919, after World War I, the U.S. government lifted a ban on civilian radio ownership and transmission, and it wasn t long before commercial radio became a favorite source of entertainment.
The first baseball game to be broadcast on the radio was one between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on August 5, 1921. Gould the Light Man Getty Images
And with the increasing popularity of radio, the personal electronics industry boomed. This store in Stockton, California, was billed as the only real radio store in San Joaquin Valley.