WORLD RADIO DAY!

   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH., 2019
                  WORLD RADIO DAY!

     Now hear this! February 13th., is World
Radio Day! It's a day promoted by the United
Nations to celebrate radio as a medium.
      I always loved radio. I started by broadcasting
career there long before moving into TV. That
said, the radio I knew is all but completely
gone and I find that tragic.
      "Local radio" used to be a lot of fun. It was
also a great value to the communities it served.
       The station where I started used to give
birth announcements and the daily mine
working schedules. We had a daily concert
from a local pianist and a gentleman who
played the organ from a theater in town.
         The DJ's were local celebrities who
usually made a couple extra bucks by going
to record hops after their regular working
hours.
          Radio changed here in the U.S. when
the FCC allowed deregulation and the public
never raised any objections. Local DJ's and
news reporters were replaced by syndicated
automation provided by satellite from someplace
far away from the local town.
          Elsewhere in the world radio remains
much the way it used to be here. That's reason
to celebrate!
          Hope U.S. radio someday comes back
home...….and that all your NEWS is good!