"This was Michael Jordan. The face of the NBA’s greatest era. The man who helped make the original NBA on NBC a cultural phenomenon. The opportunity to put him back in that environment should have been impossible to screw up. And somehow, NBC did."
Seeing how much artists like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and others meant to their fans and Country radio, why do we wait until someone dies to show our love and appreciation?
Is the new artist that you are adding today, who has a good chance of being dropped by their label in the next year, a better choice than George Strait?
"This was Michael Jordan. The face of the NBA’s greatest era. The man who helped make the original NBA on NBC a cultural phenomenon. The opportunity to put him back in that environment should have been impossible to screw up. And somehow, NBC did."
Tuesday's tribute worked because it felt honest, not staged. Consequently, it's the kind of moment that reminds viewers why they tuned in beyond the headlines.