Great article except for the fact that the writer totally ignored the 1940s and early 1950s , the golden age of radio.
Those were the years when radio served as the home's primary source of information and entertainment.  WLS was the Chicago affiliate of the NBC Blue network which became the American Broadcasting Company in the mid forties.
During WWII people were glued to radio for war news.  ABC radio was the home of such news commentators as
Paul Harvey, Edward P Morgan and Quincy Howe.  Howard Cosell got his start on ABC radio before starring on TV.
The Lone Ranger, Ozzie & Harriet, Corliss Archer, This Is Your FBI, Bing Crosby, Abbott & Costello and Space Patrol appeared on WLS and ABC radio before switching to TV.  In the early 50s WLS and ABC radio aired entertainment
ranging from the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Saturdays to boxing broadcasts on the Blue Ribbon Bouts on Wednesday nights to Friday Night Fights before the Friday bouts went to NBC. During all these years, American radio
(and of course Canadian radio) played a very important role in our culture and should not be forgotten.



 

The station I would bring back is 99.9 CKFM the sound of our Toronto fron the 1970s and 1980s with the likes of Don Daynard, Russ Thompson and Carl Banas.  This was light & easy soft rock at its best. I can still recreate these sounds thanks to Spotify which has a stream dedicated to CKFM from that era as well as other streams bringing back the easy listening sounds of 60s 70s and 80s FM radio.

The Republican shenanigans are in Shakespeare's words Much Ado About Nothing.  For Haley & Desantis, it is an exercise in futility.  Trump has the GOP wrapped atound his little finger and just like the Pied Piper of Hamlin.  they are
lining up and following sheepishly behind him.   What a total waste of time and money for the GOP since their nominee is already a foregone conclusion.  Sad to see the USA sink to the depths of demagoguery.

Great news!  Thanks for this information.  By the way the SyFy Channel is available online at thetvapp.

I used to listen occasionally when they would have guest mechanics and consumer advocates and take calls from listeners with car issues.  I stopped listening when it became nothing more than an infomercial. I actually recall listening to Alan German when he had his own show about car issues on CFRB many years ago. I also enjoyed CP24's Auto Shop with guest mechanics and consumer advocates and found it to be very informative.  We need a 
consumer-oriented program about car issues on either radio or TV in this area especially nowadays when buying a new car is an absolute nightmare with many dealers forcing potential buyers to pay for useless add-nos and other fees.  Even the Wheels section in the Saturday Star which used to be very informative has degenerated into
a couple of pages of fluff.  Where are you Jim Kenzie?  Also on TV or radio where are you George Iny  and
Mohammed Bouchama?
To answer your question I drive a 2012 Toyota Venza ..very reliable and comfortable.  Plan to drive it as long as it lasts.  The after market GPS- radio in it stopped working so I had a new Kenwood unit installed with SiriusXM and
Apple Car Play and I love it.
 

I enjoy listening to radio dramas, especially mystery and horror late at night and these South African dramas are among the best.  Springbok had their own versions of the popular U.S. series Lux Radio Theatre and Suspense as well as original series such as The Creaking Door and Beyond Midnight. You can listen to a substantial number of these shows at the website www.radioechoes.com.  Scroll down the alphabetical list to these shows all beginning
with "South Africa".

I used to be a loyal viewer of CTV National News.  However since CTV has laid off practically all of their international correspondents, I have switched to CBC The National.  CTV has cut costs and is trying to cover the Middle East with
a reporter stationed in Toronto, while CBC has a correspondent in Jerusalem.  The same story applies to news coverage in Washington and London UK.  Having a correspondent right in the middle of the events gives the newscast a whole different feeling.   I wonder if CTV"s ratings have declined or do viewers even care?  Are you OK with big stories being covered from thousands of miles away? Maybe CTV should return to having U.S. network feeds for these stories.

Speaking of classic "terrifying" shows, CITY-TV is currently airing two episodes per night of the original Twilight Zone
series every night from 12:00 Midnight to 1:00 AM.  Still a treat after all these years.

Kudos to Anthony Furey for doing a bang up job covering the Mideast crisis on Monday for Talk 640 while
No-news-history-talk 1010 was asleep at the wheel.  If Bell no longer cares about 1010, they should sell it
to a company who does.  What a waste of a frequency.

This radio related movie is my favourite since I grew up during the last years of network radio and the dawn of TV.
it is Woody Allen's "Radio Days".and is based on his own childhood and how he relied on radio to provide an escape for him from his dysfunctional family life.  Very funny and heartwarming film.

Interesting to see and hear how local Tampa media are covering the approaching hurricane Idalia. On radio, the local
news/talk station WFLA-AM has wall to wall coverage available on the IHeart radio app. For the local Tampa TV channels do a google search for CBS Tampa, ABC Tampa and Fox Tampa....they are providing continuous coverage.
For some reason, NBC Tampa's coverage is not available to us.....it may be geoblocked.  I am always curious to
see and hear how local media are covering local emergencies.  Our prayers and best wishes go out to those folks.

Closing CTV's London and Los Angeles bureaus means the loss of two well-respected, excellent correspondents.......
Paul Workman and Tom Walters.  I hope these gentlemen land in other capacities or jump ship to CBC.

Two seasons of The Dick Cavett Show are available free on Tubi.   There is also a continuous streaming 24 hour channel of excerpts of classic rock singers and comedy legends on the Ed Sullivan Show on Pluto TV.

Turkeytop I understand how you feel but broadcast radio has not kept up with the times.  I grew up with radio starting with its golden age and it used to be my constant companion.  In recent years, I have found that broadcast radio has very little of what I want to listen to.  Private radio has become a wasteland with hardly any creativity.  I have both bluetooth and smart speakers and I have also wired an old phone to my 70s stereo system.  Streaming has given me the option of listening to any one of thousands of stations, any type of music or podcast or information I choose with
 no static or fading signals. I am not limited to cookie cutter formats, commercials interrupted by 2 minutes of news,
many FM stations all playing the same so-called music, and arrogant or boring talk show hosts,  It is very clear why
streaming is gradually replacing broadcasting for audio content.



 

The ustvgo streaming site has closed down.  I guess it had to happen sooner or later.  Recently I used it to watch some of the Twilight Zone marathon on the U.S. Syfy channel.  Anyone know of any other free U.S. TV streaming sites?