One of the "fun" things about being a board op on a radio station is being taken to task for national programming over which you have no control.
In the early '90s, a listener called a station where I worked and asked angrily, "Why is your station airing what amounts to a blatant excuse for the cosmetics industry?"
I told her I couldn't answer that, as I just monitored the volume on the control board and did occasional local breaks. I would like to have said, "I have nothing to do with the content of a national program that airs each weekday at this time. This station is an affiliate that airs its flagship media organization's programs. If their content offends you, take it up with them."
That would have been a more direct but potentially helpful answer.
