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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Early radio and even early TV weren't the playground of salesmen. That came later. It's a big topic and I'm at work, but you can read about the early days of each by spending some time on search engines.
You are thinking of networks and broadcasting.
The internet hasn't fallen completely into the salesmen's clutches yet, but it is on the way.
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Hmmmm, TV started in the 1950's. According to the queen of Television, they had to do so many mentions of a product an hour. Martin & Lewis were sponsored by Colgate.
I don't have to read about the early days. When I asked a TV executive why we have ads, I was answered ads are how they paid for the programming.
The internet is not always right.
I will believe people that actually worked in it.
The other guy said Network TV, he didn't say paid TV.
Every show I have seen from the 50's always mentioned a household product or 3.
Westinghouse was a big sponsor.
Now they weren't always commercials as we know them, but products have always been mentioned.
Though even I would admit, there are way too many commercials these days.
Oh and must be nice to have a job that you can play on the internet and get paid for working.