Thread: Let’s talk about old time (and some new) radio shows
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Old 01-30-2010, 07:01 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
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?
Unfortunately true as far as I know. We have the Prairie Home Companion by Garrison Keiller when I listen to on Saturday nights, but that's about I know of as far as original shows. (and that is on public radio).
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