Broadcast of the human voice first took place more than 100 years ago. Other media and fancier appliances have come along in the meantime, and many are pretty cool. However, none has eclipsed radio for practicality, immediacy and overall ability to connect a mass audience with information, ideas and feelings. In spite of this, contemporary radio and radio history are all but ignored by most of the media. Thus, I Still Love Radio . . .
Sunday, October 11, 2009
High School Broadcasters and an Old School Broadcaster
Please see two pieces I wrote this past week for Seattle-based Crosscut.com, the first about high school radio station KASB 89.9 FM in Bellevue, Washington; the other a profile of broadcaster Bryan Johnson, who this week celebrated his 50th anniversary with KOMO in Seattle.
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