Posted by Don O'Shaughnessy
on September 30, 2009, 12:46 pm, in reply to "Retort To Original Hank"
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Larry, there's no doubt that some of us old farts can bemoan the fact that the business just isn't what it was back in the day. But the truth of it is that back in the day, our own set of old farts bemoaned the fact that.... well, you get the gist.
Some people probably can't make the generational leap to accept that what is happening today is in many cases better than way back when. We remember the wheat, but there was a lot of chaff, too. Media can only reflect the culture in which it is created, and the culture we live in today would have been unthinkable to many of the people at or close to the leading edge back then.
Some of us can remember non-stop polka or sing-along programming but speaking personally the gorge rises at the memory.
I used to listen to Dick Biondi when he was on WLS and I could get it at night on my radio in Montreal. I wouldn't (and don't) listen to late-night radio today - I don't have the time. I select podcasts to listen to on my own schedule, opt for a jazz morning radio source to my taste and hit 680 for traffic when I need it.
Radio has become less of an entertainment and more of an essential data input. While I remembering liking it 'the way it was' there's no way it can be like that again. The world is different, and in the middle of a massive shift in focus. That's exciting, and threatening, and sad, and incredibly motivating - all at the same time.
Rock on, eh?
:-)
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