Radio Daze

Radio dial, circa 1970s (Photo by the author)

Cross country drives and lodging in strange cities have always been about so much more than tourist traps and continental breakfasts in hotel lobbies. They are also opportunities to immerse oneself in the many flavors of culture through what Marshall McLuhan identified as the hot medium of radio.

I rediscovered radio several years before the Covid Times. I don’t miss the dial and the commercials, even though they’re still very much available…