Casey Kasem

Hosting various versions of my countdown program has kept me extremely busy, and I loved every minute of it.

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.

If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

My agent said that I was one of the top three busiest people in the country.

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications. Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.