Excerpt from Harry Hansen. “Some Meditations on the Radio.” The Nation, March 25, 1925.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere it is, up in the air, absolutely free, waiting for you to pull it down with the aid of electricity. Opera and symphonic music, jazz, twenty minutes of good reading, how to cook by Aunty Jane, tales for the kiddies and prayers set to music, even “Now I lay me down to sleep”; sermons and exhortations not to drink, gamble, and blaspheme, with music by the white-robed choir; advice on how to spread your income by investment brokers; advice on how to make your shoes last longer by shoe salesmen; talks by the mayor on civic duty, on “Your Boy” by the master of the Boy Scouts; on the right sort of boys by the head of the Y.M.C.A., and the right sort of girls by the head of the Y.W.C.A.; barn dances, recitals of music schools, whole acts of plays, speeches, speeches, speeches.%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AUse the passage to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat was the writer most impressed by?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Athe variety of free programming provided by radio%0D%0A%0D%0Athe variety of free programming provided by radio%0D%0A%0D%0Athe small number of programming choices%0D%0A%0D%0Athe small number of programming choices%0D%0A%0D%0Athe high quality of music programs found on the radio%0D%0A%0D%0Athe high quality of music programs found on the radio%0D%0A%0D%0Athe reliability of financial advice given on the radio%0D%0A%0D%0Athe reliability of financial advice given on the radio

The writer was most impressed by the variety of free programming provided by radio.