Who stole our airwaves?

Who stole our airwaves?

Remember all the wonderful music programs on the radio? The radio would be on in the home for the lady of the house to enjoy during the day. The whole family could take pleasure from it on the weekends. Most men had those pocket a.m radios and listened to the ball games while doing the chores. We were a lot more active then. I guess the sports minded of today settle on the couch and watch the games. What is most annoying now is how the airwaves (radio and TV) have been taken over by commerce. It seems like every time I turn on the radio or the TV it's a commercial; programming seems to be secondary. Annoying in the extreme is that there is always some icon or crawl or future program notes on the screen while a program is running.  I recall that the FCC used to control advertising time. I don't imagine the regulations have actually changed - but it's quite obvious that they are no longer being enforced. As government grows at every level the more inept and corrupt they become. Special interests actually decide how we live. America is changing fast and not for the better. By the way, I have recordings of some of the radio programs from the past with commercials. I'll learn how to include an audio sample for you to hear on this blog.