http://www.blogsmonroe.com/sports/2007/05/22/radio-black-hole/ Comments on local, state and national sports Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/sports/2007/05/22/radio-black-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-5167 TOM TREECE Wed, 23 May 2007 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/sports/?p=128#comment-5167 In our youth....radio was king. I remember sitting on my father's knee listening to the old stand-up radio long before anyone had TV (boy I feel old!). Then in later years I remember being on tour out west but still being able to tune in "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes" and keep up with the Tigers. Unfortunately, radio is dying quickly and that is sad as it used to be the "Theater of the Mind." Videos now dictate to you what they want you to perceive from a song as opposed to the old days when you painted your own picture or video of what you thought the song was saying. TV and Cable have pushed radio to the curb and sports teams seem to only want to maintain a local presence in radio anymore, thus eliminating those who still love the romance of listening to a game on radio. It's too bad because I don't have time to sit and watch a game on TV but love listening to the play-by-play while planting flowers or working at my desk. In our youth….radio was king. I remember sitting on my father’s knee listening to the old stand-up radio long before anyone had TV (boy I feel old!). Then in later years I remember being on tour out west but still being able to tune in “The Great Voice of the Great Lakes” and keep up with the Tigers. Unfortunately, radio is dying quickly and that is sad as it used to be the “Theater of the Mind.” Videos now dictate to you what they want you to perceive from a song as opposed to the old days when you painted your own picture or video of what you thought the song was saying. TV and Cable have pushed radio to the curb and sports teams seem to only want to maintain a local presence in radio anymore, thus eliminating those who still love the romance of listening to a game on radio. It’s too bad because I don’t have time to sit and watch a game on TV but love listening to the play-by-play while planting flowers or working at my desk.

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