Power of radio for learning

Radio was an important medium in the early 1940s for learning, especially children's learning.  Perhaps this was a pre-cursor to educational podcasts?

This article is from the ABC Weekly and references a speech by A.J. Halls on the power of radio for learning.  In particular, the power to breath life into the dusty bones of the school curriculum.

• Before learning and podcasting - Podcasters Portal, 2008.

• Giving life to the dusty bones of curriculum - 29 November 1941, ABC Weekly.

• Radio to play bigger role in State education.  Unidentified date and publisher.