Amen, Brother, amen. There was a time when the all-night show was just that. No pre-recorded dj, just the hits,coffee (lots of coffee) and the all nite truckers, h**kers and cops kept listening. 3 to 4 am was sometimes murder to get through, and the morning man ( not team) rolled in 5:20 nursing a hangover. Now that was radio, not this corporate, sanitary, digital bs! Oh, "social media" was the request line, and if the local newspaper media critic had something good to say.

As a nightshift worker (6pm-6am), I really appreciate the feeling that I'm not completely isolated in the world (minus the odd Dennys or 7-11) and to hear a real person who's up and working at the same time and is really "with me" rather than just a program. I can listen to anything I want over the internet, but you can't fake a live DJ.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I used to work in a small radio station in Santiago (Chile) in the early 90s. Before computers and automation systems. Although it was not a "top 40" station (it aired Jazz and derivative music styles), daylight shows (not many) were mostly live (one announcer + technician in the control room), other shows after 20:00 or weekends were pre-recorded on open-reel or DAT. But there was an exception, the the 13:00 newscast, it was pre-recorded around 15 minutes before being aired, why? since our radio station aim was to sound "perfect" in every aspect (it was allegedly the radio station with the best sound, the best music and the best voices in the city), so the newscast should also sound perfect and for that purpose the script and pronunciation of the news reader on air should also sound perfect and we were there to correct the announcer, specially English or foreign words (let's remember we were in Chile, a non-English speaking country); additionally, most phrases and voices announcing musicians and names of songs (most of them names of American jazz musicians) had to be checked and corrected, if applicable, before being recorded and/or aired. Note: In Chile, the cartridge system you used in United States was never used in our radio stations; all music was played directly from discs or CDs in those pre-computer days. Voices were recorded in open-reel (and then DATs nearer the 2000s), but never in cartridges (I remember there was ONE radio station that used cartridges in the late 90s or early 2000s, but that was an exception). Smaller-budget radio stations or others in small towns also used cassettes, but that is another story.

That’s all you had to add? She’s super talented, gorgeous and will go from strength to strength, I know lots of midnight shift DJs that went on to be successful.

agree 100%

these haters stuck. in. the. past. 'well back in my day.. . 🥺😮‍💨 we had.. blah blah '

I got you

Radio is now robotic crap. Prerecorded DJ's....ugh.

I love it!

Thanks to Clear Channel and I Heart....this trash is now supposedly radio. A computer generated "show" is not real radio.

apparently not

To work in a market the size of Orlando, experience is a necessity. Radio does not pay that well, either.

if someone cared about Walmart, they would go watch a video about Walmart, not a radio station