Livin' In Interesting Times (Radio Edition)

Interesting week in the world of spoken-word radio: the half-assed experiment that was Free FM has crashed and burned in New York and San Francisco, with other markets perhaps soon to follow (Meanwhile, the execrable “Jack” format gets yet another lease on life; go figure). The real tragedy of the format's failure (which did include some genuinely good, original programming) is how the mental midgets who run much of the industry will pronounce the demise of Non-Political Talk Radio, and grace us with more unlistenable shit like this…