War of the Worlds

On October 30, 1938, Orson Wells aired a radio episode of an adaption of H.G. Wells novel, War of the Worlds. The listeners began to panic thinking that actual martians were invading Earth. Orson Wells radio episode resulted in panic and anxiety across the nation. People began fleeing their homes in an effort to survive the attacks. Even weeks after the radio broadcast, police answered to calls about the public still believing that aliens were invading the world. 

This incident is proof of how much the radio impacted people's lives during that time period. Everyone relied on the radio for news and entertainment. They believed that everything the heard on the radio was completely factual. People living during the 1930s heavily revolved their lives around the radio.