https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx Matthew Shimmin en-us 2017-10-01 19:37:58 UTC 2023-02-28 10:04:29 UTC hello@padlet.com mash4 https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192801640 Guglielmo Marconi made his historic foray into broadcasting in 1901, when his wireless transmitted the first radio waves across the curvature of the earth. He broadcasted from the Isle of Wight to Cornwall.]]> 2017-10-01 19:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192801640 mash4 https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192801821 In London, 1922, the BBC began its daily radio transmissions, and "listening in" to the wireless quickly became a social and cultural phenomenon in the UK. The broadcast included news supplied by an agency, music, drama and 'talks' for only a few hours a day.]]> 2017-10-01 19:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192801821 mash4 https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192802097 With the BBC becoming more and more popular with each broadcast, this let to widespread standardisation. As the public were listening in, they learnt new words and heard different accents. 

As the BBC became bigger and had a more routine broadcast, different segments of radio would have been introduced. This would include getting different people from different countries with varying accents on the radio to talk and new music that was becoming popular. All of this put together would have created a more standardised language as what was being played on radio would've been used by the audience listening. ]]> 2017-10-01 19:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192802097 mash4 https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192803044 2017-10-01 19:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mash4/a0iw8bn0edgx/wish/192803044