Early radio mimicked the forms of live entertainment, particularly concerts, theatre, and vaudeville. By the late 1930s, these forms evolved into distinctively broadcast forms. Classical music concerts gave way to popular music, especially dance bands. Theatre became radio drama. And vaudeville comedy developed into humor about domestic life, becoming the situation comedy.
These forms became the template for broadcast entertainment on radio, and later television, for the rest of the twentieth century.
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It would have been nice to mention The Third Man in conjunction with Orson Walles. A great movie with a touch of history.