The Position of School Educational Radio Program in the Spread of Group Listening by Broadcast Station in the 1930s

Abstract

This research investigated the connection between Group Listening, which was promoted as a form of educational broadcasting for young people, and the discussion about school broadcasting. In the period of 1933-1935, which is called initial period of school broadcasting, Osaka Central Broadcast Station played a main character. And in the Station, Mitoji Nishimoto played an important role in particular, so this research focused on Mitoji Nishimoto’s discourse. As a conclusion, this research revealed that school broadcasting was positioned as a program which was aimed at educating children to acquire the behavior of Group Listening.