Exploiting the WWN (was: The Arts at Hogwarts/Music in the Wizarding W orld)

[psychic_serpent]

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The entwife says:
 
> > It also brings up questions I've had about pop-culture
> > in general...Are there Wizard Radios?   Wizard
> > Rockstars?

"Coble, Katherine" <katherine.coble at c...> wrote:

> Book 4 mentions the Wierd Sisters, of whom Harry has never heard 
> because he doesn't have access to the Wizard Wireless.

Me:

We do hear the Wizarding Wireless at the Weasley home, with the song-
stylings of Celestina Warbeck.  (Why is she making me think she's 
the wizarding equivalent of Petula Clark?)  One also gets the 
impression that Gilderoy Lockhart was a very big part of wizarding 
culture, like any famous author in the Muggle world who keeps 
popping up on chat shows and news programs.  I could just see Molly 
staring at his picture on the cover of one of his books (the image 
smirking insufferably) while listening to an interview with him on 
the wireless.  

It would also make sense for commentary from professional Quidditch 
matches to be broadcast on the wireless, for people who couldn't go, 
but I'm not sure whether JKR will have this be true; she doesn't 
seem to have fully considered the ramifications of the WWN.  Molly 
Weasley seems to have been getting her news of what went on at the 
World Cup from just the Daily Prophet; you'd think there would have 
been regular updates on the wireless to reassure people about what 
was happening.

--Barb

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