Strong Bad does radio, and it's hilarious! Oh, and radio still sucks.
In his latest e-mail, Strong Bad takes on the stereotypes of radio.
I laughed so hard at this I nearly pee'd my pants. Seriously. If you know anything about my resume, you know that I double majored in radio/TV and journalism in college, and I worked professionally in radio for about two years. I'm not sure if it will be as funny to you without that radio experience, but for someone that loved the medium and loathes what it has become, it's freakin' comedy gold.
And speaking of radio, it sure sucks. You can trace the death of good radio back to the days when Congress was into deregulation for the sake of deregulation. When the FCC lifted ownership restrictions on radio, therefore handing the scarce resource of FM bandwidth over to huge media companies, they killed every last chance that radio had to be personal and local. The shit on the air now is programmed from New York, for New York tastes, is pre-recorded, has no show component to it, and the formats absolutely blow. Despite all this, radio revenue has never been higher. Why? Because small local companies can't get their hands on a frequency to challenge Clear Channel and Infinity. It's a joke.