A Florida DJ does his show from Kansas just today

[radiofan2023]

Because Paul is nothing if not a consummate self-promoter?

I was wondering if it was his station’s number….

 

[KilowattKat]

I was wondering if it was his station’s number….

It is. KSKO...

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Steve Ketelaar of Legends 100.3 in West Palm Beach is visiting his parents in Kansas for Thanksgiving and it sounds like he's right there in the studio doing his show, but he just admitted where he really was.

And?

 

[kwthom]

And?

The world continued spinning. 🌍 📻 📡

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

It is. KSKO...

i was making a point .. or trying to anyways.. we have a toll free number.. for local ish callers.

and it even works in mcgrath when the local 907 number goes tang uniform. well most of the time

 

[vchimpanzee]

Please use common sense - why would a station have a toll free number for local callers?

That has been around for decades. It is not strange.

 

[radiofan2023]

That has been around for decades. It is not strange.

Historically a station's toll free number wasn't meant for local callers, it was meant for listeners outside the local calling area who didn't want to pay the long distance charges for the local number.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Historically a station's toll free number wasn't meant for local callers, it was meant for listeners outside the local calling area who didn't want to pay the long distance charges for the local number.

Right, and there's no reason that couldn't still be the case today.

One of the few reasons I use my cell phone is that the number I'm calling is long distance.

 

[KilowattKat]

That has been around for decades. It is not strange.

Very True vChimp. I looked up the call in phone numbers given out on air for talk stations KiRO AM/FM, KTTH, KFI, and KTAR....ALL are toll free numbers.

 

[KilowattKat]

Historically a station's toll free number wasn't meant for local callers, it was meant for listeners outside the local calling area who didn't want to pay the long distance charges for the local number.

Because of the expansion of creating multiple area codes in highly populated areas, toll free numbers are generally used by radio stations in large cities. Have you seen how many area codes there are in LA county alone?

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Historically a station's toll free number wasn't meant for local callers, it was meant for listeners outside the local calling area who didn't want to pay the long distance charges for the local number.

There is also another reason why a toll free number gets used. Some of this is because there are cities like Los Angeles has more than one area code like 818 for the San Fernando Valley, 310 for West LA, 562 for Long Beach, 213 for Downtown Los Angeles and 323 for Hollywood type situations. I seen some old airchecks when KHJ was the top station and they omit the area codes for their contact lines. When I got to hear radio shows from the 1990's and 2000's they emphasize the 800, 877, 866 and 888 toll free numbers for both local and national shows.