Hello steemians. Welcome to today's contest on your favourite appliance. Would like to thank @steem4nigeria for organising this beautiful contest.Let's get into the business of the day already. *Shall we?*

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Name your favorite household appliances you often use at home

This has become my favourite household appliance from childhood. It tells you everything that happens round the world. It is the best companion that replaces humans.

With this, radio continues to be the most popular medium of communication. Yea, we just defined what radio is.

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Radio happens to be the most enjoyable by all. It is easy to operate which makes even the blind to enjoy listening to the radio. In places like the United States of America, we have it that radio sets are almost as twice as the people there. Funny enough, car radios make up about a third of the radio sets they have there.

What are the functions of this appliance(s)?

I looked at every nook and cranny in my house, my compound, my neighbourhood and then the busy places, and I realised that although radio is cheap to get, we seem to be so attracted to it. We tend to turn to our radios when we are bored.

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A typical example is when a person is driving and they get bored on he road, he/she turns to their companion at the moment, which is the radio. Interesting, apart from just listening to radio, it can be multi-tasking.

Do you know that research has shown that the time spent in listening to radio has decreased by 20%?
A person could be listening to the radio while driving, cooking, going for a walk, doing the laundry and many others. This is a disadvantage to the other forms of media because they require all our time and attention to derive what we want in a particular medium of communication.

How often do you use this appliance(s)

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I listen to my radio everyday, whether for news or entertainment.There's hardly anything you cannot get from just listening to the radio.

Radio is a means or channel of communication that can be accessed easily by anyone at anytime in anywhere.

Can you stay for a day without using this/these appliance(s)? How long have you had this/these appliance(s) in your home?

I don't think so. Though we are in a digitized age, I still feel this traditional medium of communication still has vital roles to play in our lives.

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Can you remember how much you purchased this/these appliance(s), give the price in your local currency and in steem.

I grew up to see my family using an old radio set. But as time went by, we were able to get a new one at the price below:

Naira	Steem
Five thousand naira...	640,000 steem

There are some disadvantages, anyways.
The radio is the most expensive belt for advertising. These advertisements just get to us even when we don't want it, thus attracting the largest audience, and listeners would have to endure to the end if they are really interested in the news or programme they were listening to. This is contrary to other media where we can skip or scroll pass an advert.

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So the journalist would have to look for compelling words that can paint a picture in the minds of listeners like the visuals would have complimented it with the pictures or videos.

In all of these, radio remains the oldest form of communication, and the most popular, and my favourite home appliance.

CONCLUSION

Even when the world of internet didn't accomodate me yet, my radio was always on our table making me listen to people in that small box. This has become my best appliance, even on my phone, I tune in anytime I want to.

Would like to invite @ukpono, @miriami and @shahid to participate in this contest.

Thanks for reading through.