At 6:09 PM in Vatican City, 12:09 PM ET, the white smoke was seen from the Sistine Chapel. That meant at least a two-thirds majority -- meaning 89 separate Cardinals -- had cast their ballot to elect a new pope.
Despite the breaking news happening in the middle of the night on the East Coast, many news/talk and all-news radio stations hit the air and social media to cover the situation.
I believe the real music revolution began in 2001 when Steve Jobs introduced the first iPod as something neither radio nor any Walkman could accomplish.