Video killed the radio star

I've been thinking a lot recently about what my world would be like without radio. A much quieter one certainly, but also a much less rich one. I LOVE my radio, I think it teaches me something new at least once a day. Radio means so much to people, all over the world. To me it is a great source of comfort and a quick route to total relaxation - to others it is a vital life-safer. Only recently I took part in Amnesty International's Radios for Burma campaign - this made me realise just how important simple modes of communication are to so many communities. I can only imagine the important role my radio would play if I were living in a remote, war-torn or politically unstable area... And as talk of switching from analogue to digital in the UK by 2015 increases, it makes me a bit sad. No more scratching and squawking as you go through the bands, no more twiddling and hissing - just a quick flick of a button. I hope radio won't lose its magic...

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