Radio daze, a follow

I received quite a few e-mails in response to my post and subsequent follow on the state of American radio. Most agreed with my observations, and nearly all wanted to put in a word for WFMU, one of the last remaining bastions of free-form radio.

FMU — along with WFUV, where the great Vin Scelsa plies his trade, and Y-Rock on XPN — is worth listening to. But it’s existence, as my e-mailers would attest, only further proves my point: That American radio has narrowed itself to the point of irrelevancy. The fact is, we’re left to tune in the tiniest of independent, often university-connected, stations to get beyond the computerized playlists that dominate.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet