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Any opinions on this from the older folks who grew up on WABC/WMCA: Todays kids are about as sentimental about the exit of Cousin Brucie, Dandy Dan, etc as we were for the end of Don Mc Neill's Breakfast Club, America Overnight, The Make Believe Ballroom, The Milkman's Matinee, and Gambling and Gambling.I sure shed no tears for those great shows, so I guess what goe round comes round.
 
> Any opinions on this from the older folks who grew up on
> WABC/WMCA: Todays kids are about as sentimental about the
> exit of Cousin Brucie, Dandy Dan, etc as we were for the end
> of Don Mc Neill's Breakfast Club, America Overnight, The
> Make Believe Ballroom, The Milkman's Matinee, and Gambling
> and Gambling.I sure shed no tears for those great shows, so
> I guess what goe round comes round.
>



I understand what you are saying but I think the lack of enthusiasm by kids today is partly due to the way radio stations are being programmed.

What kid today will remember or relate to the typical liner card reader or a jock that is voice-tracked from somewhere else?

The end of oldies on WCBS FM and WJMK on June 3 was the one time recently that the audience has reacted in such a way because they saw the deejays as not just voice coming out of a radio but as friends they felt they had a bond with.

The sad reality is that today kids don't relate to radio and this way of looking at it didn't need to happen.

Unless radio gets back to personality and local involvement in its program content, I'm afraid this trend will continue.
 
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