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An Aural Companion for Decades, CBS News Radio Crackles to a Close

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Re: An Aural Companion for Decades, CBS News Radio Crackles to a Close

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My dad managed some key school district functions across the Mojave desert and we had a little place near US-395 from which we could go fishing, hiking, or travel to go skiing. CBS News radio on was our constant companion across long roadtrips across the entire west, even when casettes and CDs abounded.

News would keep us informed and Mystery Theater would keep us entertained on the drive back home, exhausted, on Sunday evenings.

He's old now, but drove to Wyoming to fish last year from southern California. He said the fishing wasn't any good when he got there, so he turned around and came home before the next day dawned. I wonder what he will listen to this Spring.

Re: An Aural Companion for Decades, CBS News Radio Crackles to a Close

#23

Bari Weiss. Not a smart person.

Not smart, or smart but with troubling goals?

Maybe that describes the people who hired her but I think she thought she was going to succeed in ratings and business. She is internet-brained and has no self awareness.

Re: An Aural Companion for Decades, CBS News Radio Crackles to a Close

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Very sad. Radio is still the medium that can bring news the fastest. I start and end the day with news radio, and listen to music radio in the middle.

Radio is very useful during natural disasters. When you're sitting for hours (days) without power, internet, etc, listening to the radio can be the only connection to the outside world.
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