Every product as figure seeks a host medium as ground . Every product has the power of imposing its own “assumptions” or ground rules on the entire social context. The disc jockey who appears to be manipulating a record player is, in fact, applying this technology to the hidden service ground of radio. The disc, as product, when crossed with radio ground , activates a vast new world of musicians and consumers of music. The radio ground provides instant access to a new public diversified in age and condition. The LP disc creates new needs and new markets by assuming the hidden ground of radio.