Dear Radio People - Turn Your Computer's Speakers OFF

Is this a minor thing? Yes. It’s slightly below the importance of a hangnail that’s irritating your ex-girlfriend’s cousin’s brother’s slutty friend’s uncle. But still…

When you’re ON THE AIR turn off the speakers on your machine so I don’t hear a “wah woo” every time Outlook downloads a new fucking email message. I get to hear a few times an hour. It’s unprofessional. I understand that your average DJ has the mental faculties of a learning disabled chip that was quickly lobotomized with a rusty screwdriver, but you’ll never find another job you’re qualified for.

I know. I know it’s vitally important that you are immediately notified where you can “Bie |)ruggz chieplay and v|ggra for .1o% StndERd rates”, but come the fuck on.

Really.

-Joe

hahaha I have NEVER heard this happen… perhaps the DJs in my listening area are achieving a bare minimum that yours only dream about :stuck_out_tongue:

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hahaha I have NEVER heard this happen… perhaps the DJs in my listening area are achieving a bare minimum that yours only dream about :stuck_out_tongue:
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Since I mostly listen to NPR, maybe they just can’t afford that fancy-schmancy “wah woo” filter. :slight_smile:

-Joe

Heh, I once heard a DJ IMing people while she was on the air.

I wish the egotistical celebrity fucktards who do DVD commentaries would turn their fuckin cellphones off. Not only don’t they turn them off, they fuckin answer them.

“HEY! I CAN’T TALK RIGHT NOW! I’M DOING A COMMENTARY! HAHAHA!”

These people need to be slapped hard and slapped often.

You have to give me the name of a movie on DVD where that happens…

It happens more than a few times on the Family Guy DVDs.

I was told that I could listen to the radio between 9 am and 11 am at a low volume while I am collating.

If it bugs you that much, e-mail the station and tell them. Sometimes, they’re receptive enough to complaints that they’ll do something.

Robin

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If it bugs you that much, e-mail the station and tell them. Sometimes, they’re receptive enough to complaints that they’ll do something.

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And maybe, just maybe, you’ll get to hear the “Wah Woo” sound of your own email reaching their box!

This used to be a problem for me, because I do my radio show straight from my laptop (plugged into the board). For the first few shows I just tried to avoid doing anything that would cause a system sound; I finally realized that I could just turn them off.

It is a pain in the ass when I’m on the air and I look at a web page that has sound, but no one really listens anyway so it doesn’t matter much.

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And maybe, just maybe, you’ll get to hear the “Wah Woo” sound of your own email reaching their box!
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Yes, but at least you’ll know they got it!

Robin