Song on the Radio

Coming of age in the 50’s and 60’s, the radio was a lifeline. No matter what your taste, there was a station that played your kind of music. I loved radio because it introduced me to some of the most beautiful music in the world.

For many years, while my daughter was in junior high and high school, she competed in ballroom dance. I would drive her to all kinds of dance lessons. Sometimes I would watch the lesson, but many times I would sit in the car and listen to the radio.

One night I heard a song that I fell in love with and I had to have. When I got home, I called the station to ask for the name of the song (in those days, not everyone had cell phones and businesses actually answered their phones). The song that I heard was Al Stewart’s “Song on the Radio”. I actually got to speak to the disc jockey who loved the song as much as I did.

A few years later, I was waiting outside the ballroom studio listening to KYOT and I heard a song called “Land of Innocence” by Akira Jimbo. I instantly fell in love. In those days, KYOT had their jazz samplers and every year I would be one of their first customers. Some of the best music was on those samplers, including “Land of Innocence”.

So I thank all radio stations, including talk radio, for being an important part of our lives. So to LA radio station, KJLH (kindness, joy, love and happiness), and KYOT and all other radio stations out there, thank you. May you thrive in the world of technology.