Normally, I'm apathetic about the rise and fall of mass mediums. Surely, traditional media--from newspapers, to broadcast networks, to radio--have fallen upon hard times. But that's the way things are--and, frankly, nostalgia for these lost mediums rarely takes into account the ways that new media (such as mobile and the Internet) have dramatically reshaped even the most minute aspect of our lives.

What would you choose? A radio station or your iPod? A newspaper or your iPhone?
See. I told you so.

Nonetheless, the closure of classic rock station 94.7 in Washington D.C. struck a chord this morning. The times, they are a changin'. Maybe my generation will be the last to remember the heyday (or heck, just "day") of radio.