[BC] Radiovision or, Radio Video

[Rob Atkinson]

As a joke, the d.j. used to say, "Watch your radio folks, so you can 
see what I'm about to do next."  But in today's New York Times, on 
page C1 in the business section, Richard Siklos asks, "Is Radio Still 
Radio if There's Video?"  The story is an account of the ever 
widening practice of stations putting in webcams and letting 
listeners watch Mr. Announcer Man over the internet.  The drawbacks, 
according to at least one personality, is that A. You can't wear just 
anything to work anymore, and B. facial contortions to achieve a 
certain sound or voice, can be embarrassing.

Lost in all this is something I've never understood--why do people 
want to watch a radio show?  Or maybe they don't but people in 
broadcasting think they do?

rob atkinson
st. charles IL