# Dear Radio People - Turn Your Computer's Speakers OFF **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 8, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175 "2007-05-08T00:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/1 "2007-05-08T00:00:44Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![nongoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@nongoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nongoog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/2 "2007-05-08T00:40:15Z")
hahaha I have NEVER heard this happen… perhaps the DJs in my listening area are achieving a bare minimum that yours only dream about 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/3 "2007-05-08T00:55:22Z")
[QUOTE=nongoog] hahaha I have NEVER heard this happen… perhaps the DJs in my listening area are achieving a bare minimum that yours only dream about 😛 [/QUOTE] Since I **mostly** listen to NPR, maybe they just can’t afford that fancy-schmancy “wah woo” filter. 🙂 -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/4 "2007-05-08T01:07:16Z")
Heh, I once heard a DJ IMing people while she was on the air. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/5 "2007-05-08T01:09:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/6 "2007-05-08T05:18:18Z")
You _have_ to give me the name of a movie on DVD where that happens… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/7 "2007-05-08T05:41:13Z")
It happens more than a few times on the _Family Guy_ DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/8 "2007-05-08T09:43:12Z")
I was told that I could listen to the radio between 9 am and 11 am at a low volume while I am collating. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/9 "2007-05-08T11:26:21Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/10 "2007-05-08T13:01:47Z")
[QUOTE=MsRobyn] 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. [/QUOTE] And maybe, just maybe, you’ll get to hear the “Wah Woo” sound of your own email reaching their box! ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/11 "2007-05-08T19:34:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-radio-people-turn-your-computers-speakers-off/403175/12 "2007-05-08T19:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x] And maybe, just maybe, you’ll get to hear the “Wah Woo” sound of your own email reaching their box! [/QUOTE] Yes, but at least you’ll know they got it! Robin