ABSTRACT
Despite being the fact that radio networks were not essential or required to broadcast, they were rapidly adopted on a global basis. Distinctive characteristics of each nation defined and circumscribed types, growth, and organization of radio networks. The American commercial network and British public network are both well-known examples of different types. Variation in other countries were influenced by the early conception of the place of radio regulation in government, high-density or low-density populations, government structures, economic systems, languages, and cultural considerations. The impact and spread of radio networks globally and their impact on the development of radio in its first decades created a pattern from which radio broadcasting would diverge in later decades. The network provided synergies that allowed radio to grow but developed distinctly in every country.
