How does the history of radio help us understand internet radio, podcasting, and other audio media are going to develop as commercial forms? As political forms? As artistic forms?

The history of radio helps us understand how all audio media are transforming and becoming more commercial whereas in the past it was the opposite. For example talk radio has evolved significantly from broadcasting multiple things: news, sports, weather.  This was never the case in the past because you would have a radio station specifically for one of those; you would not have a radio station with everything together.  When talking about music and what people like to hear now days the research is the most important factor because if people do not like what is on the radio they will not be listening to what you are playing.  Radio stations had to become more commercial in order to be competitive.  As far as artistic goes in today’s society we radio station that talk about politics all day and these radio stations are growing because of people’s interest in the political matters.  People do like to know what is going on and if we cant provide that in a way that make sit convenient for people to listen we will lose that segment of audience.  When we think about the history of everything we see how far we have come in technology to now be able to access a radio from your desktop or even a cell phone.  In the artistic sense everyone has their own opinion of what is artistic and what is not. So many will say that music is artistic and has been ever since it was created, but then again people can say talk radio has an artistic sense too.  As far as the history of audio media I feel like it is going to keep expanding and growing into a powerhouse whether it’s talk radio, internet radio, or podcasting.