Directions: In this question, the first and the last (correctly ordered) sentences of a passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts named B, C, D and E. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Choose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.
- Old-Time Radio (OTR) and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of radio programming lasting from commercial radio's introduction in the early 1920s to its replacement in the late 1950s and early 1960s by television as the dominant home entertainment medium. B. During this period, when radio was dominant and the airwaves were filled with a variety of radio formats and genres, people regularly tuned in to their favourite radio programs. C. The end of this period coincided with music radio becoming the dominant radio form and is often marked by the final CBS broadcasts of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on September 30, 1962. D. In fact, according to a 1947 C. E. Hooper survey, 82 out of 100 Americans were found to be radio listeners. E. Radio content in the Golden Age of Radio had its origins in audio theatre.
- Audio theatre began in the 1880s and 1890s with audio recordings of musical acts and other vaudeville.
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