"TIME HAS COME TODAY"
TIME. IT'S THE MERCILESS PREDATOR OF US ALL....OF MOST THINGS IN
LIFE. TIME. IT'S MADE UP GENERALLY OF DECADES, YEARS,MONTHS, DAYS,
HOURS, MINUTES, SECONDS, AND THE INFINITE. IT'S THAT LAST ONE-INFINITE-
THAT HAS US MOST PUZZLED I SUPPOSE. DURING MY DECADES IN RADIO,
I HEARD AND PLAYED LOTS OF SONGS ABOUT TIME: "As Time Goes By", Time
In A Bottle", Time After Time", Just In Time", "Time Has Come Today" ON and ON.
THE PASSING OF RADIO GREATS CHARLIE TUNA, JOHN ROOK and; RON JACOBS
GOT ME TO THINK ABOUT TIME, TIME THAT RAN OUT AND STOPPED FOR
THEM. WE IN THIS BUSINESS OF RADIO KNOW ALL ABOUT TIME. TIME FOR
HITTING AN HOUR I.D., TIMING OUT OF A :60 SECOND COMMERCIAL,
PRECISELY HITTING THE "POST" ON A RECORDED SONG, OR JOINING A
NETWORK ON TIME ETC. ETC. BUT WE SELDOM THINK ABOUT OUR OWN
TIME ON THIS WHIRLING ORB IT SEEMS. WHERE DID THE TIME GO?
MY HOW TIME FLIES! WE'VE ALL HEARD THESE PHRASES, YET WE DON'T
THINK MUCH ABOUT TIME UNTIL FEW GRAINS REMAIN IN OUR LIFE'S
HOURGLASS. TIME BECOMES QUITE IMPORTANT AS WE WATCH OUR
THINNING HAIR MAKE A LARGER AND LARGER FOREHEAD. WE NERVOUSLY
SEE THOSE WRINKLES DEEPEN INTO CREVASSES AS TIME MARCHES ON.
WHAT DID WE DO WITH GOD'S ALLOTMENT OF TIME? DID WE USE IT WISELY
OR FOOLISHLY? DID WE PUT OUR LIFETIME TO GOOD USE OR SIMPLY WASTE
IT? THERE IS A DAY OF RECKONING FOR SOME ANSWERS IT IS SAID. TO
EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON...A PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK
OF ECCLESIASTES. IN NATURE'S GLORIOUS PLAN, THE LEAVES FALL TO
THE GROUND TO RESEED AND REMAKE THAT FROM WHICH IT CAME.
NOW, WE HEAR THAT RADIO ITSELF, IS UNDER THE CURFEW OF TIME.
PREDICTIONS ARE THAT THE TIME OF "The Golden Eras of Radio" ARE OVER.
MAYBE. I THINK THAT SOMETIMES, WHEN THOSE WHO HELPED BRING IT TO
LIFE ARE LEAVING US LIKE SO MANY LEAVES FROM A GIANT OAK TREE.
ONLY NOW, I DON'T SEE THE NECESSARY RESEEDING TAKING PLACE TO
REMAKE THAT FROM WHICH IT CAME. MAYBE THIS TIME THERE ARE NO
MORE "TIME OUTS". JUST MAYBE, "THE TIME HAS COME TODAY".
I PRAY NOT. THAT'S MY RADIOPINION..WHAT'S YOURS?
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