My 18 yr. old daughter recently told me that when she was little, she thought the songs she heard on the radio were being sung live. Imagine her confusion when she heard the same song at the same time on different stations.
A childhood belief about radio

you weren't the only one
188 of you believed this
- When listening to the radio in the mornings I felt sorry for singers they had to come and sing that early. — Tereza
- I used to wonder how they managed to fit the orchestra into the radio station.
— sally - I use to think music from the radio was live music.— Robin
- When I was little I used to think that there was little pople inside the radio playing the music...Anon
- When I was a kid I used to believe there were literally very very very very small people inside the radio.— John Granic
- I used to think that songs on the radio were being performed LIVE at the radio station.— Jon