Year before I encountered Micahel Josephson’s Character Counts radio essays, one of my favorite things to hear on the radio was Charles Osgood‘s voice. From 1971 through 2017–a period of 46 years–Osgood hosted The Osgood Files, a daily radio commentary that ranged over everything from current events, to whatever happened to be on Osgood’s mind…
Between 1994 and 2002, while living in Studio City, California, I commuted every weekday to Santa Monica, a drive of about 20 miles. I had not yet discovered audiobooks and the countless hours of these commutes were spent listening to various local radio stations. I frequently listened to KNX-1070, a news radio station. This was…
I’m a big fan of Michael Josephson’s “Character Counts” essays on KNX 1070 in Los Angeles. The daily essays on ethics and character are a breath of fresh air compared to most news programming out there. Recently, these essays have reached their 10th anniversary. Tomorrow, at 11 AM Pacific (2 PM Eastern), there will be…
We need more of this: http://www.charactercounts.org/knxtoc.htm When I was living in L.A., I used to listen to these commentaries on the way home from work and thought they were great. I found them available on the web tonight.