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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