There is no heavier burden than a great potential.
~ Charles Schulz

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

REDESIGN RADIO?

I watched a replay of Scientific American Frontiers last night on PBS -- its "Future Car" episode. Something a GM engineer said to Alan Alda triggered something in my mind.

The engineer spoke of designing the car around the new technology, rather than taking the familiar car design and trying to fit the technology into it. The result -- the Autonomy "skateboard."

The technology environment of radio has changed. Why are radio people still designing Model T radio programming? What would a local radio station sound like, if it were designed around the new technological reality?

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