electric power and media.

     Centralism of organization is based on the continuous, 
visual, lineal structuring that arises from phonetic literacy. At 
first, therefore, electric media merely followed the established 
patterns of literate structures. Radio was released from these 
centralist network pressures by TV. TV then took up the burden 
of centralism, from which it may be released by Telstar. With TV 
accepting the central network burden derived from our 
centralized industrial organization, radio was free to diversify, 
and to begin a regional and local community service that it had 
not known, even in the earliest days of the radio “hams.” Since 
TV, radio has turned to the individual needs of people at 
different times of the day, a fact that goes with the multiplicity 
of receiving sets in bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, cars, and 
now in pockets. Different programs are provided for those