Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What's happened to broadcasting is that broadcasting really used to be... it used to have a very clear public service quotient. And it's more or less now. And it's been lost.
For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.
Radio, in a way, is preaching.
'NewsRadio' was fantastic.
Radio as we know it is pretty much changing completely.
Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.
Radio is immediate.
If you had a good radio - and everybody did in those days - you could find it.
Public radio has always been so powerless.