Talk Radio’s Autoimmune Disease

As if talk radio didn’t have enough problems, the format’s heart and soul are now under attack from within. 
In the December/January issue of the trade publication Talkers,  consultant Holland Cooke announced the death of the talk radio star – a victim, he believes, of the new interactive media, where people want to buzz amongst themselves rather than “being talked at.”
“Self-congratulatory naivete that ’listeners [...]