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Originally Posted by teh603
Dunno, people used to cluster around the radio to listen to the old radio shows before the era of TV. Some of them were pretty good, cheesy sound effects aside. I used to have some records and cassettes from back in that day- Flash Gordon, Sergeant Preston, The Shadow, ones like that. But since visual entertainment has replaced auditory entertainment, that era has since passed and most people born in the '60s or later probably can't comprehend it anyway.
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Oh absolutely, don't get me wrong. I listen to, and love, old time radio podcasts (
http://relicradio.com/otr/). Can imagine how people flocked to the radio when they were first transmitted. I was referring to audiobooks in particular since the format is different from radio shows. Just considering the length of unabridged audiobooks and you're in a world of hurt trying to fit it into several people's schedules.