Colin McEnroe Signs Off

Colin McEnroe's ten-year-old afternoon talk radio show on WTIC 1080 was canceled at the end of December. He hasn't written much about the show's cancellation, with the exception of his poignant column today in the Hartford Courant:

I heard, in short, from Whitman's America. Crazy, hilarious, loud, passionate, earthy. AM radio is more of a bazaar than a salon. Products are hawked and the weather pondered and the traffic decried and the prevailing winds of life measured and discussed. Its heart is primal, and its mind is fey.

Radio stations are facing similar pressures as print media, with a drop in advertising and a loss of audience to satellite radio. Just as many quality journalists are losing their jobs in print media, so might other excellent radio personalities lose their shows. McEnroe still has his blog and column in the Courant, so he won't starve, but it should be interesting to see what he decides to do next.