Telivision vs Radio

I belong to the generation which saw the boom of television. During my teenage years, television channels were booming due to the open market policy adopted by the Indian government. Upto the late 80's there were just 2 channels ( in urban areas while in rural India just one channel) with programs only televised only at limited times of the day. But once the open air policy was adapted there were just increasing number of channels for entertainment. So I was never got a chance to explore the idea of "listening" to radio. Since television fulfilled my both audio and visual requirement.
However in recent months I have been listening to radio quite often and enjoy it way more than television. I mostly listen to NPR (national public radio), a public radio service in the US. I generally listen to current affairs, discussions, sports and music recording of great orchestra pieces. It is a wonderful experience. Television is more about glamor and very distractive at times due to weird camera movements while radio is more like having an intelligent conversation where you are going to be the beneficiary . Radio also gives you the freedom to work at the same time listen to some interesting program.
The survival of radio over the years against the television proves the strong audience for radio. Satellite radio and audio podcasting the latest addition, to this medium give radio a new dimension and open new audience to this medium.