I Can Hear Your Spit Jiggle
To Consider: When listening to public radio (specifically, NPR), why is it that you can hear every single little detail of the mouth movements of the reporters, no matter who it is, while on commercial radio, you don’t?
Nowadays I listen to a lot of public radio while driving to and from work, simply because it allows me to get some information into my life about news, culture, and other interesting topics while mostly avoiding the incredibly irritating commercials that plague about 68% of the airtime on commercial radio. In the mornings, I alternate that with Bob & Tom, depending on my interest level. That statement alone has caused the death of about 50% of the Twin Cities white collar population from being terminally aghast.
One thing that has really gotten to me of late is how much detail you can hear in your broadcast when listening to the reporters speak. Now, I’m all for clear radio and wonderful reception, but when I can hear Michele Norris‘ saliva glands squirting, I think we’ve gotten a bit too realistic. For that matter, I guarantee that unless I was tonsil deep in a passionate kiss with her, I wouldn’t normally hear those sorts of inflections in normal conversation, let alone broadcast at 100,000 watts to the surrounding countryside.
I’m sure NPR, being the quality organization that it is, has dumped excessive amounts of cash on the state-of-the-art microphones and studios to accompany their reporters and compliment their well-suited voices. But can we back it off a little? The clarity is wonderful; no matter if I am running the A/C or passing a semi, I never lose the conversation or mis-hear a word. But do I really need to hear your tastebuds begging for Cheetos?
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