independent isolation in the young that makes them remote 
and inaccessible. The mystic screen of sound with which they 
are invested by their radios provides the privacy for their 
homework, and immunity from parental behest.

     With radio came great changes to the press, to 
advertising, to drama, and to poetry. Radio offered new scope 
to practical jokers like Morton Downey at CBS. A sportscaster 
had just begun his fifteen-minute reading from a script when he 
was joined by Mr. Downey, who proceeded to remove his shoes 
and socks. Next followed coat and trousers and then 
underwear, while the sportscaster helplessly continued his 
broadcast, testifying to the compelling power of the mike to 
command loyalty over modesty and the self-protective impulse.

     Radio created the disk jockey, and elevated the gag writer