Day: May 6, 2005

Commuting in LA sucks. It doesn’t matter where you live, commuting here is torture. Traffic, smog, bad drivers, more traffic, crazy drivers, the list goes on and on. Thus, a temporary relief to this commute is listening to the radio. Today’s technology allows us to listen to radio broadcasts, tapes, CDs, and now iPods and newer digital devices.

I tend to mix between half of the above. I like listening to some of my mp3s on CD, sometimes to NPR, sometimes to the local radio stations such as KCRW, or I’ll listen to talk radio such as Jim Rome. However, my desires are changing ever since I discovered podcasting. Although I cannot technically take advantage of this technology, I can still utilize it. So what’s the big deal? Well, I think this is going to change and shape the way we listen to the radio in the near future.

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