Why Radio Sucks

Correspondent Laura Holson submits an informative piece in the New York Times on "By-the-Numbers Radio." Read it and weep--or barf, as the case may be.

Thank God I was born early enough to have experienced the days when DJ's were artists in their own right and treated us to their eclectic mixes and wide range of individual tastes.

The senior citizens I least want to emulate are those who sit around bitching and whining about "things ain't as good as they used to be." This is one area where I'm willing to make an exception and join them.