for several months, i conducted that theory.

what i found is...
most of television is image based, and therefore,
it relies upon images to convey messages moreso
than the actual 'spoken' dialogue.

it simply wouldn't work.

on NPR, they still have the 'old' radio shows
(as i'm sure you know). that is, they have shows
similar in format to that age.
the storys and story tellings, the informationals,
as well as most others, are formatted KNOWING
they cannot rely upon visuals/images and the
content is much more interesting.

in my part of the world, saturdays were usually
the best days for catching good NPR... or any
weekday after 5pm.
on tuesdays and thursdays (i think its just one
day a week now) they would have the classic
masterpiece theater bit... and i would LOVE
to listen to those. i would usually prefer to
sit in my car in some remote place listening to
the stories and sound effects, carefully noting
the melodramatic acting.

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