{"id":19652,"date":"2017-05-16T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=19652"},"modified":"2017-07-24T00:48:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T07:48:17","slug":"radio-music-host-honest-or-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/radio-music-host-honest-or-dumb\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This Radio Music Host Just Being Honest or Just Being Dumb?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A Loyal Reader Writes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Is it okay to say that you don’t like a song a listener called in and requested? I’m only asking because I have a fellow broadcaster who sees nothing wrong with this, and I see it as alienating your radio audience (or at least a small portion of it).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dan Replies:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lacking further details, let’s assume we’re talking about:<\/span><\/p>\n

– A mainstream music station<\/span><\/p>\n

– A show that’s part of the station’s overall music programming (not a specialty show)<\/span><\/p>\n

– A jock whose primary job is to present the music show. To listeners, the music is the big draw…not that particular host.<\/span><\/p>\n

At first I thought this was going to be the question I’ve been asked hundreds of time: “Is it okay to tell listeners you hate the song that you just played?”<\/span><\/p>\n

This time, however, there are two actions being questioned.<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Is it okay to intro or backsell a song on the station’s playlist by telling listeners you dislike it?<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Is it okay to tell a listener that the song (presumably on the station’s playlist) they requested is bad?<\/span><\/p>\n

Bad-Mouthing the Song the Listener Requested<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Presumably the radio station has some sort of mechanism in place that either solicits or encourages people to call in and request songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a member of your audience requests a particular song, that person is endorsing that song. They’re telling you they like it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, we’re assuming it’s a song that the station, too, has endorsed by having it on the playlist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under those circumstances, it’s a slap in the face to show disdain for the caller’s musical preference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bad-Mouthing a Song on Your Playlist<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Here’s the argument some jocks make for telling listeners they dislike the song they’re about to play or the song they just played:<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m just being honest. I’m not going to be a phony and pretend to like a song that I hate.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Not telling listeners you dislike that song isn’t being phony.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is phony: “I like that song”<\/em> (referring to a song you dislike).<\/span><\/p>\n

This is honest: Saying anything else about that song that’s true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Something about the artist. About the sound. Where it was recorded. <\/span><\/p>\n

Who the singer was influenced by when growing up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Something about the message the song is trying to communicate \u2014 even if you think the songwriter\/artist\/producer failed to communicate it well.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Guy Walks into a Restaurant…<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

You go to a nice restaurant for dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n

You select an entree from the menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the waiter asks, “Are you ready to order?”<\/em> you reply, “Yes, I’d like the trout almondine, please.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

As he makes note of your order the waiter mutters, “Good grief. How can anyone eat that crap?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Is that waiter “just being honest,” or is he acting stupidly?<\/span><\/p>\n

Couldn’t he honestly say, “That’s one of our most popular dishes”<\/em> or perhaps simply, “Trout almondine…And to drink…?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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