Radio shoutouts?

[WildFlowerBees]

'I'm here for the next two hours keeping you company so whatever you're doing let me know and I'll give you a shout out'

Big hello to Roger and Maureen who are on the M25 on their way to Cornwall for the weekend..ooh sounds lovely have a fab weekend and to Jessica in Milton Keynes who's making her first vegan pie, sounds delicious I'm sure it'll be perfect.

Glen and Annie who have just come back from B&Q and are ready to decorate their bathroom, go Glen and Annie!

Perhaps I'm just not very community spirited but am I the only one who thinks these shout outs are pointless and boring?

I remember when shout-outs (I can't stand the expression) were called dedications or plain mentions. Some red-framed spectacle-wearing wanker probably dreamed up 'shout-out' twenty-odd years ago and we've been stuck with it since.

Then there’s the shout outs of what people are doing with the G omitted.

I am listening to the radio, and someone has called in to say thank you to their fiancé for a lovely week away, as they drive home in the same flipping car.

Does the sentiment mean more if someone says it for you??

Reminds me of Friends when they stop the song halfway through and say Rachel has just phoned in and Ross, we don’t want to play your song!

I love the cheesy hellos at the end of Popmaster.

I agree with the PP who said it's nice to hear other people going about their day. Wonder if I can get a shoutout from Ken next year when I turn 40?

Yes. I sometimes suspect they are made up because I don’t know of anyone who would sit there texting a radio station.

If you ban this stuff, what will Liza Tarbuck do?

Yes!

'Hi Roberto, it's my birthday today'

I listen to R2 mostly. Everyone is either doing the NC500 route or travelling from Cumbria to East Anglia to visit Grandparents. Most presenters are obsessed with what people are making for their evening meal, too.

Oh and the 'hi to anybody that knows me' most pointless thing to say ever!

It’s quite cute but what I really love is when they bang on about themselves at the star of pop master

“I’m from Leicester but now love in sunny Nottingham after settling there with you better half, Marjorie, who I met working at B&Q in 1994. We’ve got two children and a dog named roger. In our spare time we like to cook up some meth and attend dogging sessions at the local beauty spot.”

AAAAAND?

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@Undertheoldlindentree

If you ban this stuff, what will Liza Tarbuck do?

True but I do love her.

The worst one is Radio 1 Dance Anthems. All it is the reading out of texts like "Big up to Alan and Jezza having it large in Little Dribblington. Gonna be a mad one".

Awful.

I love these. Especially when Sara Cox does them.

Steve Wright's wedding shout outs
"Alice has asked for a shout out to my daughter x who is marrying y today in York"

cos obviously they have nothing better to do on their wedding day, than hang around listening to the radio on the chance mum's shout out will air!

@2X4B523P
Serious knobbin'?

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I loved the radio 1 dance anthem shout outs during the first lockdown when Mista Jam was still doing it. Made me feel less isolated as I'm a LP.

They always remind me of when I did a radio show at uni but it was early morning and no one ever called in. We just made up dedications and used the name of blokes that had been chatting us up! I bet lots of them are made up!

What's worse is Jo bloody Wiley requesting shout outs

Maybe your name is Barbara and you've been gardening all day or maybe you have a sister called Clare and she's nice or maybe you are John and you're cooking tonight or maybe you're Fiona and you're driving the kids to their swimming training we really want to hear from you tonight and so on and so on. Jfc we get the idea Jo just play the music

@lnsufficientFuns

It’s quite cute but what I really love is when they bang on about themselves at the star of pop master

“I’m from Leicester but now love in sunny Nottingham after settling there with you better half, Marjorie, who I met working at B&Q in 1994. We’ve got two children and a dog named roger. In our spare time we like to cook up some meth and attend dogging sessions at the local beauty spot.”

AAAAAND?

😂