Broadcast and streaming

My search says that the first newspapers were published in 1605 in Germany.  Of course, you wouldn't make a newspaper unless you had a sizeable audience of people who could read.  Radio came along in 300 years.  Here's some artificial intelligence statements about talk coming through the air:

1. The first radio broadcast occurred on December 24, 1906.

2. It was conducted by Reginald Fessenden in Massachusetts.

3. The broadcast included a program of music and readings.

4. It was transmitted to ships at sea, marking a significant milestone.

5. This event is often considered the birth of radio as a medium for mass communication.

We could ask what is mass communication but you know that.  Since early "mass" communication depended on being able to read, who had the first public school?  Artificial intelligence reports the first public school anywhere was opened in Scotland in 1567. 

Creating public schools meant more citizens who could read, not a skill formerly available to many.  Much like times and places with computers, reading and writing in any language was a special skill that a person would not bother with, somewhat like being welder or a cardiologist now.

Much of my life as been affected by being able to read and enjoying reading.  I got my first library borrowing card when I could print my name.   About a quarter century later, I was able to step inside the Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland and I first saw this famous scene:

I reacted with both awe and admiration.  THIS is how a library should look!

Once I grasped that streaming would allow many choices, and repetitions if desired, I realized I definitely wanted to be part of streaming items I chose.