I have stated before that I am a music nut. But I've never stated I'm a fan of a lot of the things radio does.
Sheila brought over a DVD she made while taping segments of the local morning show prank-calling unsuspecting listeners. While I must agree that some of the segments we listened to yesterday were quite funny and are often elaborate, I often wonder why radio is so hell-bent on trying to entertain listeners with a team of talkers, who seem to talk about everything I don't find very interesting.
Most likely, I'm a victim of age & stubborness (and I better start recycling that excuse for use in later years), only preferring my "talk" from reputable sources, such as local station WWJ, with an all-news format. Even that station took a long time to grow on me, as my mother listened to it religiously.
Mom and I would be out & about while running errands, with the news endlessly repeating itself in the course of the journey. My parents lost track of popular music earlier in their lives, and that happens everywhere when you group two different generations together. In my early 20s at the time, what would I do when I drove off on my own? Immediately turn it to a music station in an attempt to cleanse my mind! Now please note: this was not a slight against my own mother; but a college student wouldn't be seen favorably listening to a news station ("I heard we have a 50% chance of rain today." "Kevin, who cares; did you hear the latest Bon Jovi song?"). With time, that has changed -- and it beats getting the newspaper every day, as the radio news is more instantaneous.
I do not discourage the efforts of those on morning radio shows harping on about celebrity misfires, prank callers, Santa Claus impersonators, and the like; it's just not something that charges my brain mentally each morning. I prefer good old-fashioned music in my mornings. I am, after all, the poor soul with a song replaying endlessly in my mind all day, not a comedy routine.
By the way, the best comedy routines were the old ones on radio from the 1940s and 50s. I don't understand why none of the local stations here broadcast those classics anymore. Talk about being riveted to the receiver!
