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I host the 12mid to 6am slot 7 days a week on the Local Radio Networks 24/7 classic country format (we're a competitor to WW1)... and the other day i got a facebook message on my shows page from a listener who said:

"Thank you for being so upbeat. You share your kindness every night, it's very nice to hear uplifting and encouraging words. It's pretty rare these days"

That was completely unsolicited and not asked for. If someone were to ask me what a good formula is for making good radio, It'd be hard to do that. It's a combination of being enthusiastic and loving what you do, while being genuine about it.. and listeners can tell that.

Just made my day, if not my week to hear this.
 
It's nice to hear stories like this, about broadcasters getting complimented for their current projects and work, rather than "I remember listening to you back in the day, and LOVED your show". While it's also great when listeners are nostalgic and pine for the days of radio gone by, its even better in some ways when they're appreciative of what they're hearing on the dial (or via other means of delivery) now.
 
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Mikey Radio said:
It's nice to hear stories like this, about broadcasters getting complimented for their current projects and work, rather than "I remember listening to you back in the day, and LOVED your show". While it's also great when listeners are nostalgic and pine for the days of radio gone by, its even better in some ways when they're appreciative of what they're hearing on the dial (or via other means of delivery) now.
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The classic country format from Local Radio Networks is on several dozen AM and FM stations.
 
Kelly A said:
Oh no, 'Listener Food' (or for TV, Viewer Food) is bad. Over the years, there have been instances of station personnel being poisoned or injured from eating listener food.
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When I worked in NW PA for a 3 FM/1AM Combo, an elderly listen had been bringing by food around christmas time for years.. we all ate it. Small town, and she was well known to all of us.
 
I worked at a TV/Radio station combo, where we would get happy listeners and viewers dropping off baked goods and meals all the time. We would thank them profusely, then head for the dumpster before the sales folks or overnight on air guy would see the free food. Tossing the food was for the staff's own good.

One time, just to test our theory, we cut into a really great looking apple pie that some viewer dropped off in the lobby. Cutting into it the pie looked great, until after laying some of the filling out on a brown napkin, there were shards of broken glass dispersed among the apples. We reported the incident to the police, but there wasn't much that could be done about it. Nobody wanted to talk about it on air, or to other press, because doing so might encourage more nut cases to try doing it themselves.
 
Kelly A said:
I worked at a TV/Radio station combo, where we would get happy listeners and viewers dropping off baked goods and meals all the time. We would thank them profusely, then head for the dumpster before the sales folks or overnight on air guy would see the free food. Tossing the food was for the staff's own good.

One time, just to test our theory, we cut into a really great looking apple pie that some viewer dropped off in the lobby. Cutting into it the pie looked great, until after laying some of the filling out on a brown napkin, there were shards of broken glass dispersed among the apples. We reported the incident to the police, but there wasn't much that could be done about it. Nobody wanted to talk about it on air, or to other press, because doing so might encourage more nut cases to try doing it themselves.
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Did you let them in to give you it or did they leave it at the front door if you let them in why didnt you ask for their identification?
 
Syfy said:
Did you let them in to give you it or did they leave it at the front door if you let them in why didnt you ask for their identification?
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You can disregard that I saw after i commented that they just dropped it off in the lobby when nobody was around I'm assuming unless there was a front desk secretary.
 
Syfy said:
You can disregard that I saw after i commented that they just dropped it off in the lobby when nobody was around I'm assuming unless there was a front desk secretary.
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There was generally a receptionist. He was interviewed by the police as to what the person who dropped the food off looked like. As typical, we never knew whether the perpetrator was caught.
 
Kelly A said:
Oh no, 'Listener Food' (or for TV, Viewer Food) is bad. Over the years, there have been instances of station personnel being poisoned or injured from eating listener food.
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When I was doing PT overnights on KRKO last century (1965 maybe), a girl brought me food. It was very good, she was very cute, we hit it off and ended up getting married. Turns out her mother was making the meals on her behalf.
 
When I resigned from WRSG this June, those listeners who knew of my retirement were very supportive. One person said, "Heaven help the next guy." I had former students this week tell me they miss me being there.
 
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