{"id":234,"date":"2009-01-07T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blogWORDPRESS\/2009\/01\/07\/the-way-god-meant-radio-to-be\/"},"modified":"2009-01-07T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T08:05:00","slug":"the-way-god-meant-radio-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/the-way-god-meant-radio-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WAY GOD MEANT RADIO TO BE"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our heart of hearts, all of us believe that the kind of radio we grew up with is the way God meant Radio to be.<\/p>\n

\"Orson<\/a>My parents rued the passing of The Shadow<\/span> and Inner Sanctum.<\/span> Older Baby Boomers long for stations that program first & second generation rock ‘n’ roll; younger Boomers wistfully recall their Golden Age of Music: Disco.<\/p>\n

I cannot with intellectual honesty state that radio today is worse than “my” kind of radio (lots of personality, lots of fun, lots of music that I like). It is what it is, and it doesn’t need my validation to exist.<\/p>\n

Radio has become a “mature” industry. When an industry matures, it consolidates, streamlines, standardizes and economizes. The little hamburger joints run by colorful characters give way to thousands of McDonald’s. <\/p>\n

Is McDonald’s “good”? Not to me; I won’t eat there. But to millions of kids, it’s great. Who’s right — the kids, or me? <\/p>\n

This is not unique to radio. Hamburger stands, movie theaters (how many readers pine for their local, double-features-on-Saturdays-for-50-cents theaters?), newspapers, carpet cleaners, appliance dealers….The same complaints in today’s radio world resound in those markets, too.<\/p>\n

That said, I do have two questions that haunt me:<\/p>\n

Is there anyone on this entire planet who has a “favorite” McDonald’s?<\/p>\n

And…<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there anyone on this entire planet who wakes up in the morning thinking, “Oh, boy! I get to go to work at McDonald’s today!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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