Notifiblog: Today's Topic is Delayed. No really, it is!

Delays can be annoying.  Some delays can be actually not so bad.  Broadcast delays are actually legally required for censorship purposes.

The seven-second broadcast delay, introduced by station WKAP in Allentown, PA, was a technically creative workaround to a law prohibiting the broadcast of a live telephone conversation.  Because the delay involved using tape that was played back on a seven-second delay, technically their "Open Mic" show did not broadcast technically live conversations.

John Nebel pioneered the first radio talk show in 1954.  He's the one we can blame.

Although we've come to associate the phrase "talk show" with politically charged or laughably (?) dodgy content, some of the most famous and intellectually-stimulating interviews have been done on television talk shows.  For the record, Meet the Press is the longest-running show on American television, and it's a talk show.