Radio doze. (Off the Record).They say you don't realize what you have until it's gone. As a newswonk, I'll testify To provide evidence as a witness, subject to an oath or affirmation, in order to establish a particular fact or set of facts. Court rules require witnesses to testify about the facts they know that are relevant to the determination of the outcome of the case. to the veracity veracity (v  ras´itē),n of that thought. When the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. blew up recently, I wasn't near a television. So, I turned to my radio. After listening a bit and spinning the dial to see what choices I had for information, I realized that St. Louis is Louis I, king of Bavaria Louis I, 1786–1868, king of Bavaria (1825–48), son and successor of King Maximilian I. He was chiefly responsible for transforming Munich into one of the handsomest capitals of Europe and for making it a center of the lacking an authoritative radio voice. Those of us who have long memories can recall the ability to turn on KMOX and hear Rex Davis and Bob Hardy, who could hold their own with anyone at the networks. They knew St. Louis news, area news and national/international news. With a little prompting from wire copy, they could take to the airwaves airwaves Noun, pl Informal radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting on 1120 and keep the station's thousands of listeners completely informed as major news events evolved. There was a sense that we listeners were getting our news from local, knowledgeable, intelligent broadcasters. That sort of superb journalism is no longer available in St. Louis radio, and it's a shame. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion