"...things all come to an end"

Studio one. The place has become semi-automated since many hosts no longer come in. They email their programs. WBAI seems to have finally caught up with the 21st century.

Still it's sad. A way of life, and art has ended.

Comments below on Facebook from my former radio co-workers.

( First posted on FB in 2011 before my being forcibly retired after 33 years.)

I came into the studio one day, and was told I was through. 

A house cleaning by management.

The cowards in the office didn't have the balls to face me.

A hired goon walked me out of the facility taking my cards keys, and such from me.

So ended a career.

This is how it's done here. Not with a retirement party, but damned near at gun point.

Lauren Krenzel So sad to hear this. It's what made WBAI so great. All the crazy, crowded people, vibes & radio. Thanks for keeping the home fires simmering, Sidney.

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Sidney Smith Thanks for dropping by Lauren! Yeah times change as they must. What strange time though.

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James Irsay How a "host" can email a show in, not be in front of a mic broadcasting in the moment and seeing to the comfort of guests, and imagine he/she is doing radio is beyond me.

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Teri Noel Towe Why do we feel like dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period?

Because we are!!!!

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James Irsay But remember - dinosaurs are so cool!

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Chris Whent The important difference is between live and recorded, not so much where the recording studio is. If taping is merely for time-shifting so that the producer can be off doing more important things than talking to a live audience, it's already a loss.