Casey Kasem

For the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak.

It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years. Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.

The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.