Module 3

I can remember when my father used to me to the University of Colorado's football games and he never left the house without his portable radio. The portable radio of then was mainly for AM feeds although on occasion you could reach one FM station. He would hall this huge radio into the stadium accompanied by an even bigger battery that would only last through about the end of the third quarter so that he could hear the radio announcer's calls of the play by play. I never understood why he needed to hear the announcer's comments while he watched the game, but never the less the contraption always made the trips to Boulder with us.
Now, as I think back to those days as I go to the Bronco games I am reminded of two things: One the people at the stadium don't get all the relevant commentary needed to see all the dynamics of the football game and two: I married my father. My husband now carries his Sirius player and headphones to make sure he can keep up to date with all the games in the division as well as any other pertinent information he may be missing by not having his NFL network on constantly. The path from hand held radios to MP3 players to satellite radio has been an innovation that has been transplanted through the generations. The capabilities of satellite radio began on the premises developed by those of the handheld radio, to the walkman, to cd players, to MP3 players to now the satellite radio. The possibilities of this innovation are endless.