Something happened these last few days - something that I've been waiting for.
WCBS NewsRadio delivered (and will do so tomorrow as well) news coverage that just represents the power and beauty of radio.
I choose my sentimental words carefully - they're are not being thrown out for effect.
As Rich Lamb described the scene today, creating a picture in listeners' minds--like only radio can do--it was just amazing. (And that's just one example - all of the on-scene coverage has been fantastic.)
I bring up the above moment of coverage because I was sitting next to a "non-radio" person at the time. Not that they don't listen to radio, but that they're not a radio geek like I am (if that's what you want to call me).
I turned to the person and said: "This is why I love radio." And they, too, saw how a medium that has been overshadowed for decades by other sources - is just so powerful.
Lamb was describing the helicopters, the sound of the police, the colors the students at St. Joseph's Seminary were wearing, the color of the sky, the motions the Pope was making with hands, his expression, the expressions of those in the audience...and on, and on.
Sure, television (and now the Internet) can easily tell all of that - and easier, and quicker. But they're shoving it in your face. In radio, we were picturing it. It wasn't "hard" to do - and it was more stimulating. Listeners took away more from the event if they were listening to WCBS, rather than television, I guarantee it.
Moments later, I went to a television, turned down WCBS and watched the coverage for a few moments (still a similar scene, as it was only a few minutes later). And it wasn't the same. It just wasn't.
Radio. Radio. Radio.
WCBS, you gave a gift today. Know that.
WCBS NewsRadio delivered (and will do so tomorrow as well) news coverage that just represents the power and beauty of radio.
I choose my sentimental words carefully - they're are not being thrown out for effect.
As Rich Lamb described the scene today, creating a picture in listeners' minds--like only radio can do--it was just amazing. (And that's just one example - all of the on-scene coverage has been fantastic.)
I bring up the above moment of coverage because I was sitting next to a "non-radio" person at the time. Not that they don't listen to radio, but that they're not a radio geek like I am (if that's what you want to call me).
I turned to the person and said: "This is why I love radio." And they, too, saw how a medium that has been overshadowed for decades by other sources - is just so powerful.
Lamb was describing the helicopters, the sound of the police, the colors the students at St. Joseph's Seminary were wearing, the color of the sky, the motions the Pope was making with hands, his expression, the expressions of those in the audience...and on, and on.
Sure, television (and now the Internet) can easily tell all of that - and easier, and quicker. But they're shoving it in your face. In radio, we were picturing it. It wasn't "hard" to do - and it was more stimulating. Listeners took away more from the event if they were listening to WCBS, rather than television, I guarantee it.
Moments later, I went to a television, turned down WCBS and watched the coverage for a few moments (still a similar scene, as it was only a few minutes later). And it wasn't the same. It just wasn't.
Radio. Radio. Radio.
WCBS, you gave a gift today. Know that.