Radio?

Does anyone even listen to the radio anymore? I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer was no. Now that every car has a CD player in it and iPods rule the world, no one has time for poor old radio. But it’s not like there’s a whole lot of stations to choose from, good ones anyway. Every morning that I get a ride to school (which is about three times a week this semester) is when my friend and I listen to the radio on the way up to the mountain. And even though there are hundreds of stations to be heard, we always end up switching back and forth between the Beat 94.5, Z 95.3, and 99.3 the Fox. Although technically the radio is about voicing an expression and not necessarily all about the tunes, a major part of it is dedicated to the musical aspect. In this department, I must say they are failing quite miserably. I think I’ve memorized the Beat’s song roster that is played every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. They start out with a little Nelly Furtado, Gym Class Heroe’s “Cupid’s chokehold”, throw in anything by Beyonce, and maybe some Avril Lavigne. Everything is going fine until, god forbid, they forget to play JT’s “what goes around comes around” and all hell breaks loose. Can we say variety? The only reason why we even listen to the radio is because my friend likes to listen to Z 95.3’ s battle of the sexes, and sometimes the hosts talk about an interesting event or subject in the news. Other than that though, when the music comes on there is no doubt that we switch to his iPod because I for one, have had enough “to the left, to the left”. There is so much good music out there and while radio stations still have listeners, I don’t see why they don’t take advantage of it and play a little variety, something unexpected once in a while.