Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

The group Bananarama has such a light, cutesy-pie sound that they make The Go-Go's sound like Led Zeppelin by comparison.

That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.

As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming from Dot-Com advertisers. So, radio is a survivor.

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.

But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.