From the dominance of streaming video to the retreat of AM radio, this is an era that is witnessing a dramatic revolution in how, where, and when we get our news and entertainment.
Yet today’s events are nothing compared to what an earlier generation of Americans experienced in the years immediately after World War II.
It was television that transformed our nation literally overnight and while the technology was amazing for its day, it was an array of performers who sold these early, expensive, and finicky TV sets to the American public.
