Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Tue, 04 May 1999 10:05:16 -0700
Shane Schaetz wrote:
> If you are from another state/city, then I'm sure LA radio is excellent. If
> you live there like Elson and T-Bird do, it can probably get old and I'm
> sure they take it for granted.
It's universal. The reality is, everyone has a gripe with their own local
TV/radio, transit system, city government, public works, etc, and have the
impression that it's better elsewhere. "The grass is always greener on the
other side," as they say, because it looks/sounds new and unfamilliar and
appears to be different from the norm. When I travel abroad, I always bring a
walkman radio with me so I can listen to the "local flavor" on the airwaves.
Even the most commercial mainstream pop played there sounds better to my ears
than the equvalent in America. Me? I get off listening to radio stations in
Europe and Asia via RealAudio...
I've lived in Los Angeles all my life, so my point of reference is more
chronological than geographical. So I say, "Back in the old days" radio used to
be better... of course the music was different...My radio listening is only
done in the car, and I don't have a real long commute, but I still have my
favorite stations/shows. I do remember getting email from a local who goes to
school in NYC who lives off KCRW's RA feed because she says there's nothing
like KCRW out there.
On the whole, though, radio is becoming less and less localized and more and
more homogenized, with the advent of nationally syndicated talk shows and such.
>
> Living in Minneapolis, MN, we do have quite a variety of people, but our
> radio is terrible.
Hey, didn't you used to live in the Bay Area?
Elson
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