As Joni Mitchell sang, "call me at the station, the lines are open..."
"That's 401-330-6868," if you haven't already found the pertinent reference, several pages back.
I hear crickets chirping, so I'm thinkin' you might've.
Remember the song?
"You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" was the Pro Prime Mover that week when I drove into Providence, in my '65 Mustang (with no heat), to bring WPRO PD Jay Clark a real C- aircheck from Springfield.
But I was NOT, as Joni's lyric began "...drivin' into town with a dark cloud above you."
I had "dial[ed]-in the station that's bound to love you."
"'Cause, honey, you turn me on, I'm a radio."
In-addition-to that call-in topic recommended up-above (RE campaign '08, from "Hardball with Chris Matthews"), here's another that's lit-up-the-phones for several hosts I work with:
A Vermont state senator has proposed a 4-day school week; and offers calculus that it'll save energy (one-less-day of full-blast winter heat and electricity in school buildings, less oil spent shuttling munchkins back-and-forth, etc.). And he's apparently also making-the-case that kiddos can learn as much in 4 smartly-planned days as in 5 with study hall and other schedule styrofoam.
Google it and see what you can find.
Then, ask callers: "DO YOU THINK *WE* SHOULD GO TO A 4-DAY WEEK HERE? ONE, EIGHT HUNDRED..."
Note: "HERE," vs. "HERE IN RHODE ISLAND," since so many listeners in Arbitron's Providence MSA aren't in RI.
And don't confine it to the SCHOOL week.
"HOW ABOUT A 4-DAY *WORK* WEEK?"
"ON *YOUR* JOB, COULD *YOU* ACCOMPLISH-AS-MUCH IN 4 TEN-HOUR DAYS AS 5 EIGHTS? ONE, EIGHT HUNDRED..."
"AND IF YOU *HAD* A 4-DAY WEEK, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR NEW DAY OFF?"
One response we've heard from callers in several markets is a barometer of the-economy-being-as-it-is-lately.
"I'VE GOT AN IDEA FOR A BUSINESS."
Americans are getting entrepreneurial....working up side bets.
When hosts follow-up, "HAVE *YOU* GOT AN IDEA, BUT NOT THE TIME TO TAKE-IT-OUT-FOR-A-SPIN?" others call.
Try it on your show...or don't, "if you've got too many doubts. If there's no good reception for me then tune me out, cause honey who needs the static? It hurts the head. And you wind up cracking, and the day goes dismal..."