Well-written, and the first few chapters provide as good a history of Top 40 format beginnings as you will find. It's tipped toward Todd Storz and away from Gordon McLendon, but other sources head in the other direction, and so this is good balance. As the book continues, it becomes more of a grab-bag, but it is never less than enjoyable.

17:T4b3,To anyone over the age of 30, memories of the heyday of free-form fm radio will abound with moments when it felt as if radio really cared and communicated with you the listener. Sadly, today's generation knows nothing of this, having been rised in an environment of sound bytes and songs totally devoid of lyrical content that have no real meaning beyond the immediate quest for coolness,instant gratification or the empty pap of vapid relationships. Today conglomorate corporations control the total content of radio and no dj is even needed to add a touch of personality. As such, radio is sterile and the same from coast to coast. But not to fear, it seems satillite radio is poised to give those who care a sense of what radio once was, a medium that put you in touch with the voice of what really made it fun to listen and to discover...the music that made you feel that you could really change the world all with the magic of one song, not the totally commercialized gunk that c

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Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation