technological revolution at home landed
television ran 1957 but could not hold in the Buenos Aires home. The reasons were many: a single channel with few options, to expensive TVs that had to add an external antenna installed by a professional, technical problems of transmission and reception and poor technology (electronic with lamps that are "burned" repeatedly).
Until then, the radio had been the undisputed queen of the popular show, along with film. Both were assured that they expected next weekend in the hands of television. No one suspected he was missing much more than previously thought.
My father loved the radio, so his bedside table was topped by a radio technician-armed with an excellent reception and sound of high fidelity to which access could then with only the AM to the one called "long wave".
And that same love for his father, the second milestone came with the equipo que ubicaron en el comedor de casa: ¡un combinado!, el objeto más codiciado allá por los 50: música a través de discos y radio en las dos ondas: larga y corta, a través de la cual era posible sintonizar emisoras de todo el mundo.
El tercer aparato de radio lo aportó mi hermana, que ya trabajaba y agregó un coqueto receptor con carcaza de plástico para su mesa de luz.
En mi casa, un hogar de clase media baja, éramos “raros” para nuestros vecinos: teníamos tres aparatos de radio y una línea telefónica, aunque no heladera eléctrica, lavarropas o cocina de gas, que eran los trofeos lógicos de cualquier familia de clase media de aquella época.
Why so many radios serving? Is that show business was essentially sonic, and therefore was passing all access to any reality: through the "soap operas", a history of soap opera, drama or series recorded then gave television. The ladies were soap operas who provided from the American model of "soap opera" (sponsored by soap intriguing theater), kids comic idols as Poncho Black, Tarzan or Sandokan, families comedies of manners as "Los Pérez García." The music had input from live performances in major concert halls of the national radio and, throughout the day and it was customary to the news (they were called "newsletters"), recorded music and contributions from columnists in the fashion of the "firmware." Also by then ripped the famous programs sketches and comic skills contests or questions and answers, which were later transferred almost unchanged to the television.
In that time comes the custom of considering the radio as "company" faced with loneliness, the monotony of work, or as a resource to fall asleep (or not) and even fun.
Let us return to 1957 when he saw the radio revolution. For Argentines advancement was left of Spica, a brand of Japanese radio amazed us all. Is that the change was not little. We show in a box:
Suddenly, one could "carry" a radio and listen. How I Met
such a wonder? All of a sudden we were talking about the "transistor", "Spice" or "portable radio" even without knowing it. Until one of my colleagues in the secondary "sang" his uncle had given him one (these guys were really good!) And share at the picnic of spring.
was like magic: a small got a show box. Impossible to understand how surprising from today, where my granddaughter eg preschool obtained his cell phone from Disney films to songs in stereo or photos that you transmit your friends online.
That was a milestone with a series "unstoppable" since the mid-sixties I already had a two times smaller receiver who accompanied me everywhere. Over time radio receivers had evolved from the "Gothic cathedrals" from its inception to small devices, many of which are now built into phones, watches and equipment of all sorts.
radio receivers face a rarity began to blend and be an ordinary service. The same thing happened to the watches, and is on track to spend with computers.
do not know why, my granddaughter Carolina (the communications student) thinks I, "not so old." My posts of memories soil before and give them to read "first", and that's how surprised was screaming: "I think
overdo it looks like you had lived in the Middle Ages: no one can believe that your house had not been washing machine, refrigerator and gas stove ...
"I will have to believe, just ask other lower middle-class grandparents.
"I rot you talk to these technicalities," lower middle class "... What is that?
-Girl: What do you teach at your school? Have not you heard that there are poor?
"Yes, I'm not kidding ... but how do you keep food, washing clothes or cooking?
-Caro: your old camp sent you since you were very young. And you know you can survive without some advances of modern life. The food is not necessarily stored in cool, washable clothes scraping on a table, and also cooked with other media, from wood to microwave, you know ...
"Ah, yes ...
difficult to understand, but not impossible .
link back to my radio receivers, I had two shocks after all previous accounts. One happened in Jumbo, I discovered the promotion of a razor, which included a few cents you radio. The second one I lived with the radio that I came here, next to the PC, cost me $ 5 on a subway hustler.
