From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!mes
Newsgroups: net.music
Title: Re: Rock radio parse date stringawaw - (nf)
Article-I.D.: harpo.1304
Posted: Mon Jan 10 10:28:59 1983
Received: Tue Jan 11 02:29:20 1983

#R:pyuxjj:-38800:harpo:9700002:000:967
harpo!mes    Jan 10 09:58:00 1983

After being closely associated with a mechanized monster type station
(i.e., DrakeChenault automation) for several years, I can verify that
requests do make a difference! After about six years and many,many
phone requests to get that machine the #$%^%&&% out, (listeners words,
not mine), the ivory tower management looked down and saw the almighty
arbitron ratings disappearing (tragedy, in a very real sense, for a radio
station). In a matter of minutes (seemingly), tabulations were ordered
for all listeners calls, and based on a few months of this, the machine
made way for real live human type disc jockeys. But, the material that
those jocks play was (and is) primarily dictated by listeners calls (which,
unfortunately, seem to come only from the 12-19 age group and run heavily
top-40, so that's pretty much what the station is nowadays).

                   Keep Calling! It just might help!
                       Michael Sajor, harpo!mes, BTL-Whippany NJ