‘Dzisiejszy Sputnik lub Łajka – to szczeniaczki w porównaniu z pojawieniem się radioodbiornika…’ Zachwyceni oraz zdziwieni mówią o pierwszym zetknięciu z radiem
“Today’s Sputnik or Laika are puppies in comparison to the rise of radio …” The enchanted and astonished tell about their first encounters with the radio

Summary/Abstract: This article takes as a point of departure a collection of letters sent to the Polish Radio in which listeners remembered their first experiences of listening to the radio in the late 1920s. Some of the analysed letters were written before the >> World War, but a majority of them was sent to Polish Radio in reply to two campaigns entitled “Listeners write history of Polish Radio” that were organized in late 1950s and next in 1970s. The analysis of these letters, combined with the study of press materials from the period, allowed the author to present how did some new listening practices and phantasms grow in relation to the new medium.

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