Re-thinking and reinventing

Two stories last week made me think.

First, this off-the-cuff tweet from a radio station in Scotland, having a day of “going retro” by… playing CDs.

I shared this in a Facebook group, and it wasn’t long before the comments descended into Monty Python’s Yorkshiremen sketch.

“Retro? I’ll give you retro,” said someone, before talking about cueing up 45s. “You had it easy,” said someone else, discussing editing on reel-to-reel.

I remembered my first full-time radio gig, doing afternoon drive at The Pulse in Bradford.

During a typical hour, I’d be playing a mixture of CDs and 45s; filling in full PRS returns, includ ...