Weird radio

[Hall, Russell J]

I remember many a year ago, a local station's management gave a pink slip to
the evening DJ.  So, he proceeded to play "You Are My Sunshine" straight for
the entire evening (no commercials either).

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> From:         Paul Mather[SMTP:paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU]
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> Sent:         Tuesday, March 16, 1999 2:17 PM
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> Subject:      OFF: Weird radio
>
> Speaking of radio stations, I noticed our local "oldies" station (105.3
> FM) has become very weird recently.  About two days or so ago it began
> transmitting nothing but a heartbeat sound, punctuated occasionally by
> what sounded like a sonar "blip."  Then, after about a day of that, they
> started playing Lynyrd Skynyrd songs non-stop.  Now they announce
> themselves as "105.3 Lynyrd Skynrd" and have soundbites like "All
> Skynyrd all the time..."
>
> What is going on?  Is this some millenial portent I am unaware of?  Can
> I expect "All Hawkwind all hours" next?  Armageddon?? ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> PS: Speaking of portents, I'm Jonesin' for the upcoming Gov't Mule live
> double CD taken from their New Year's Eve concert just gone.  It's due
> out 23rd March, 1999, with promises of a 4CD set of the full gig to
> appear somewhere down the road.
>
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
> "I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time"
>         --- James Marshall Hendrix
>