Old Time Radio is dead. Long live Old Time Radio.

"Radio" as we OTR fanatics know it, is dead. Of course, I believe that Rush Limbaugh will go down in history, but that is in the talk-news-radio format. REAL dramatic radio died in 1962 when the last episodes of Johnny Dollar and Suspense aired. After that, attempts to bring back the glory days of radio were made. Shows like CBC's Nightfall and CBS's nice-but-not-all-there Radio Mystery Theatre aired, but never really "made it", as they say in the profession. People like Joseph Kearns, Bill Forman, and Gerald Mohr all were "molded" into the radio profession. Radio, to them, was more than a job; it was an art form and a window into humanity. Today's radio is more concerned, well, with "just the facts, ma'am". Talk radio dominates the former airwaves of Terry and The Pirates, Jack Benny, and Inner Sanctum. FM Radio now is all "the top rock/pop/country/grunge/BEST MUSIC ON THE AIR!!!!!" stations. And public radio? Try Car Talk and "independent" music. Nothin really there. Thats why I love my iPod and the internet. On the internet I get all the Old Time Radio I want, then put it on my iPod for something all companies have been striving for these days: instant gratification. Thats my rant on radio today. LONG LIVE OLD TIME RADIO!