http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2009/06/a-quick-on/ When I was 10, I caught the radio bug, it appears to be terminal Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:18:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2009/06/a-quick-on/comment-page-1/#comment-198 J. Aegerter Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:19:03 +0000 http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/?p=1#comment-198 Compare radio broadcasting to Juke Boxes. It used to be a mechanical marvel that played records, kept track of selections (for the goozy royalty crowd), and displayed flashy dressing to capture attention. The people who maintained them had to be pretty sharp as the machines were largely mechanical and electrical. Nevertheless, vinyl is unheard of by today's youth, and the CD Jukebox came in and now it, is almost extinct! The Juke business today requires a high-speed Internet connection, the box contains nothing but a computer interface (NIC), money grabber, and audio amplifier. No more records or CDs! The music comes from a central server as a mp3, the selection is recorded for the goozy royalty, and that is about it! Really Neat and Tidy! The Juke Box operator these days has to be a computer geek! Radio could go this way if a fire isn't lighted under the regulators and the management of today's stations. Compare radio broadcasting to Juke Boxes. It used to be a mechanical marvel that played records, kept track of selections (for the goozy royalty crowd), and displayed flashy dressing to capture attention. The people who maintained them had to be pretty sharp as the machines were largely mechanical and electrical. Nevertheless, vinyl is unheard of by today’s youth, and the CD Jukebox came in and now it, is almost extinct! The Juke business today requires a high-speed Internet connection, the box contains nothing but a computer interface (NIC), money grabber, and audio amplifier. No more records or CDs! The music comes from a central server as a mp3, the selection is recorded for the goozy royalty, and that is about it! Really Neat and Tidy! The Juke Box operator these days has to be a computer geek! Radio could go this way if a fire isn’t lighted under the regulators and the management of today’s stations.

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