Fun With Your Radio
Call the request line for your local top 40 station. (If you're not sure which station that is, it's the one with a morning show hosted by two guys who go by a name like "Craig-Man and The Biscuit.") When you make it through, follow this script.
YOU: I'd like to request anything by Elvis Costello.
DJ: Sorry, we don't play him.
YOU: Oh. How about something by Dire Straits, Ben Folds, or Joe Jackson?
DJ: Sorry, we don't play them either. We're only play Pop.
YOU: But don't those artists all play Pop music?
DJ: Yes, but it's a different genre of Pop.
YOU: There are different kinds of Pop?
DJ: Exactly, and we only play a certain kind. That's our format.
YOU: Oh. I see. One more quick question. If you only play a certain kind of Pop music, how come you spent the entire two months leading up to Christmas playing a rotation that leaned heavily on Big Band, Childrens, Classical, R&B, Smooth Jazz, Spanish Language, American Songbook, Comedy, Classic Rock, Oldies, and Country songs?
At this point the DJ will suddenly sound like he's not reading from a script.
YOU: I'd like to request anything by Elvis Costello.
DJ: Sorry, we don't play him.
YOU: Oh. How about something by Dire Straits, Ben Folds, or Joe Jackson?
DJ: Sorry, we don't play them either. We're only play Pop.
YOU: But don't those artists all play Pop music?
DJ: Yes, but it's a different genre of Pop.
YOU: There are different kinds of Pop?
DJ: Exactly, and we only play a certain kind. That's our format.
YOU: Oh. I see. One more quick question. If you only play a certain kind of Pop music, how come you spent the entire two months leading up to Christmas playing a rotation that leaned heavily on Big Band, Childrens, Classical, R&B, Smooth Jazz, Spanish Language, American Songbook, Comedy, Classic Rock, Oldies, and Country songs?
At this point the DJ will suddenly sound like he's not reading from a script.
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