By Stacey Sher
20.03.2020 - 22:01 / variety.com
Radio, I’ve just about had enough of you and your abandonment of your defining purpose as broadcasters. With the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging everyday life and suspending every reliable comfort from work routines to sports and entertainment or actual human contact, we’re looking for steadiness somewhere — an echo of the familiar, a kindred connection. Anything to tether us to something recognizable. A service the radio dial used to provide.
Radio is missing its biggest opportunity in a
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Brie and Nikki Bella are making the most of their time while quarantined!
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