In reply to Marc's post, the DJ's at the public funded radio stations still program their own shows. A terrific example is a lady by the name of Lilli Kuzma, who has the Folk Festival program on WDCB, a college radio station out of Glen Ellyn, IL. I listen to her show as much as I can and email her fairly often. It seems that on major radio stations the break came during the late 60's to early 70's, first with the rock stations. By the late 70's country radio fell under the same entrapment. It's a shame that the commercial gluttony has dictated some of these things, even down to the length of baseball games, which has increased dramatically with the increased power of television.

Does anyone feel that we are now in the waning days of commercial gluttony? In many ways I hope so.

Peace,
Brian