Request Free Days

[Rick and Roll]

I'll try this all at once.

Even before I had a show I requested little. That's mainly because I listen not as much as others. Now I request nothing. Also, I try to play as much new additions as possible, and I take requests. What I do when my show plays is move up the current requests to play before my show so people don't have to wait. I try to get in 45 minutes before and clear the queue (so there's not a 4 hr wait to hear a rq).

What I'm trying to say is that although I like random music better, the requests are crucial to a station's survival. Don't mess with the requests.....BUT, how about limiting them? Even if I agree 100% with another's musical tastes, it's not fair to have them request more than once or twice a day.

You may find that last statement at crosspurposes with my situation. I have a show. However, I submit that I put a great deal of effort into the show and then I basically disappear (at least from selecting songs). I get three hours a week (and repeats), but I really take the time to select a show that I think people will like.

Request free Wed is perfect. To further augment it, can't we try to limit requests by listener? As it stands now, from my eyeball estimation, about 50% of daytime songs are requests. Getting that number to one in four would be optimal. Also please remember that there are no requests during shows, so inherently they are "no request times".

All that being said, SAM is no treat for this reason: There is too much of some artists on the Moon that are duplicate. Yes, Crimson, etc have live records that dominate the playlist.

In summary, I vote for keeping RFW, limiting requests to two per person per day (I'm really tired of the SAME long songs requested too damnit!), and keeping a watch on the distribution.

By the way RL, I'll be doing two Rosfest shows on the Scale....