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GOLDEN OLDIES

Video was supposed to have killed the radio star.

But who last slotted a video cassette tape into a clunky player, eh? And now radio and audio are totes boomtastic, thanks to the smartphone.

That means music, podcasts, drama, news and everything from T S Eliot reading to shouty talk radio is coming in your ears on demand. Over 73 per cent of podcasts are consumed on our smartphones.

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