[Magdalen] Remembered radio, was Re: NPR now

[Roger Stokes]

On 15/11/2016 16:32, Scott Knitter wrote:
> In my high-school years, Detroit had a richly varied mix of music
> stations. CKLW was the top 40 blowtorch, but rock-and-roll was on FM,
> notably WRIF and WABX. These stations lacked the juvenile banter of
> today's DJs, preferring rich-voiced men and women who focused on the
> music and inserted minimal talk. WABX was known for having DJs who
> basically said little except the occasional "ABX." between tracks, and
> when they did say more it was really similar to classical DJs: a quiet
> list of what we just heard in the last half-hour or even hour and what
> to expect in the next. Sure, they had commercials--they weren't in
> radio for their health--but for the most part they eschewed the sort
> of incessant empty banter-with-themselves that DJs indulge in now.

Part of the reason for that bamter may well be financial. If they talked 
less and so needed to play another track the station would need to pay 
more royalties to the people who produced the recording.

Roger