Mortician Radio
Why do the announcers on most public radio stations sound like morticians? Is it because they’re talking about dead composers?
———- from Tom Erick of Spokane, WA
Most public radio stations recruit their staffs from schools of mortuary science, not surprisingly. Way back when public radio first started, the stations were constructed and operated by engineering students. And today many a station operates out of the fourth floor of the engineering building on the state university campus. But engineers had little interest in broadcasting, preferring to spend their time hunting elusive quarks. So the station hired drama students, who were good in the voice department but couldn’t be taught to run the equipment. Finally, they settled on future undertakers, who were diligent, spoke in well-modulated tones and weren’t depressed by playing the music of the dead. Hope I’ve answered your question.
Most public radio stations recruit their staffs from schools of mortuary science, not surprisingly. Way back when public radio first started, the stations were constructed and operated by engineering students. And today many a station operates out of the fourth floor of the engineering building on the state university campus. But engineers had little interest in broadcasting, preferring to spend their time hunting elusive quarks. So the station hired drama students, who were good in the voice department but couldn’t be taught to run the equipment. Finally, they settled on future undertakers, who were diligent, spoke in well-modulated tones and weren’t depressed by playing the music of the dead. Hope I’ve answered your question. 