An all request television or radio show is a show that plays only listener or viewer
requests
Request may refer to:
* a question, a request for information
* a petition, a formal document demanding something that is submitted to an authority.
Request may also refer to:
Computing and technology
* in computer science, a message sent be ...
.
The introduction to
The Carpenters
The Carpenters (officially known as Carpenters) were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen Carpenter, Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (musician), Richard Carpenter (born 1946). They produced a distinct ...
' version of ''
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft'' features a fictional dialogue between the
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music f ...
of an all request program on "All Hit Radio" and a listener that the DJ thinks is "Mike Ledgerwood", but is in fact an alien race. The DJ comments that the request "We are observing your Earth" is "not on our play list". This refers to an actual practice of all request programs of having a pre-set play list, and excluding any requests for items that are not on it.
Examples
Some widely known all request shows include:
* ''All Request'' — an hour-long block of programming in which the staff at
VH1 Classic
MTV Classic (formerly VH1 Smooth, VH1 Classic Rock, and VH1 Classic) is an American pay television network owned by Paramount Media Networks. It was originally launched in 1998 as VH1 Smooth, an adult contemporary and smooth jazz channel. It wa ...
play video requests that they receive via electronic mail
See also
* ''
All Request Live''
* ''
Total Request Live
''Total Request Live'' (known commonly as ''TRL'') was an American television program broadcast on MTV that premiered on September 14, 1998. TRL featured popular music videos played during its countdown, and was also used as a promotion tool by ...
''
External links
the list of requests of WXBA which gives advice to DJs on how to handle listener request and which actually advocates against the all request programme format
which points listeners making requests to the:
*
Radio programs
Television terminology