Thread: Let’s talk about old time (and some new) radio shows
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Old 01-30-2010, 06:40 AM   #19
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Question: All these posts make it sound as if radio is a "thing of the past" in the US. Here in the UK, the national BBC radio stations, which broadcast a lot a drama, documentaries, comedy, etc, are extremely popular. Is radio not regarded as a mass entertainment medium in the US any more? Is it just seen as a medium for music and news, and nothing else, these days?
Radio in the U.S. is used for music, news, and talk shows (usually hosted by people on extreme ends of the political spectrum). You get some entertainment and documentary shows on public nonprofit radio stations (NPR and PRI affiliates) but mainstream commercial radio does not have much to offer. I'm a big fan of BBC and CBC podcasts because they offer content that is unheard of here in the U.S.A.
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