Michael May

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For all the right reasons.  Bo Thompson's Century Podcast on WBT stands firm and extremely strong in motivating the Pied Pipers of Rock n Roll to step forward and preserve the history of the performers that somehow through thick, thin, sickness, mental defeat and one ratings book victory made it through the multiple layers of what Radio is and isn't. 
Bo is brilliant in the way that he's honoring the legacy of a broadcasting stick that's been a huge presence in Charlotte, NC for ninety eight years.  The company has honored the legendary talkers, community connectors and passion driven abilities of Grady Cole, Ty Boyd, HA Thompson to John Hancock. 
For all the right reasons.  During these moments of reshaping what a Broadcaster is, Bo Thompson is doing the right thing to bring the unheard stories forward.  It serves as a huge inspiration and motivational step for all in this industry to stop.  To take a few moments to remember not only where you've plugged in your earphones but who did it before you?  Now write and produce the story.
What makes Bo's preservation of this industry even more important are the listeners.  How they heard the station while growing up.  How they reacted during times of tragic news or celebrated events.  I'll never forget parking the car on Moorehead Road overlooking downtown Charlotte the moment they announced the Carolina Panthers were coming here.  WBT was broadcasting it. 
If I had my way I'd have Bo Thompson take a trip out to Billings, Montana to sit down with the amazingly talented people of that Radio community.  Bo knows the way to get inside the journey.  To carry the connection beyond the four walls of sound into a private life being shared with listeners for the first time. 
Why haven't I approached Bo?  WBT has proved one thing true.  Local radio is the only way to go.  Bo doesn't know Billings.  Therefore the challenge or maybe the calling for all who've embraced that microphone before opening it into the ears of a passerby listener. Share the stories of that station that once meant the world to your community.  Bring the experience forward. Then listen to those that checked in everybody to experience the music, thoughts, jokes and whatever else fell from those speakers.
Always grateful for how Bo Thompson has invisibly handed this to those who've lived the life.
Up first.  Michael May.  This is radio.  We've never come with a subtitles.  You've got to listen.  This is your theater of the mind.