&quot;It&#x27;s like a song fading to static versus just stopping.&quot;<p>Great analogy, yet also one which may eventually be lost to the mists of time.  Much like &quot;disk&quot; icons for &quot;save&quot;, younger folks today may have no reference point for what &#x27;radio static&#x27; is, or may certainly not in a few years.  Between internet radio, self tuning radios, spotify&#x2F;ipods and satellite radio, &quot;radio static&quot; isn&#x27;t something I&#x27;ve actively heard myself in many years.  Haven&#x27;t seen a tube TV picture fade away in to a glowing dot in decades either.  :&#x2F;