I used to believe that all the music played on the radio was played live by the bands. I realize a lot of little kids have this belief. However, there is a local radio station that actually does have bands come in all the time and play live--sometimes several bands back-to-back. So a lot of us weren't that far off! :-)
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