Results: Radio Sign-Offs I Remember And Like(d)

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jlrake

08/08/2026

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Surveys about radio-related polls aren't exactly music surveys, but it's the closest subject heading Tellwut has?
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1.
A line I use occasionally in conversation is one that the DJ on an AM soul/hip-hop station I like would say before the commercial break before announcing the #1 tune for the weekday top five at 4 PM listener requests: Like Frank told Helen, there ain't no tellin'! Have you ever known anyone named Frank and/or Helen?
Yes (and I may have at least one of those names in my own moniker)
52%
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776 votes
Not that I'm aware...
17%
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250 votes
No
32%
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474 votes
2.
2.
I discovered late U.S. radio commentator Paul Harvey in my childhood thanks to my stepfather's affection for his weekday noontime show. Harvey's career of over a half-century and quickness of wit has resulted in generous online representation of his work with quotes galore. Most memorable to me, however, is his enthusiastic way of bidding his listeners adieu with a hearty, if somewhat questioning, "Good day!?" Do you believe you have a memorable way of greeting and/or departing from others?
Yes
14%
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214 votes
Unsure/Never really thought about it
34%
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504 votes
No
52%
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782 votes
3.
3.
Possibly the most famous tagline in music-based US radio syndication history is the one with which Casey Kasem ended every episode of American Top 40 he hosted: keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars! As shown in the clip with this question, he also used his realistically aspirational encouragement on the America's Top 10 TV show he hosted. Would you say you're better at keeping your feet grounded or your hands grabbing for stars (metaphorically, if not literally)?
Feet grounded
29%
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435 votes
Feet grounded and star-reaching about equally
17%
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249 votes
Reaching for stars
7%
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112 votes
Neither
21%
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322 votes
It depends on the day.
25%
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382 votes
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4.
For a while when I attended my previous church home and would drive the place I like for Sunday brunch in my town, I'd often hear the end of the public radio show Bullseye. I've not been able to hear it for a while now on radio, but it's still in production, with host Jess Thorn capping each episode by saying "All great radio hosts have a signature sign-off." The first I heard that line, it cracked me up some. Now, however? Not really. If you've not heard Thorn give his signature sign-off, you can do so by forwarding to about 50:31 in the Bullseye installment with this question. Do you think it's a funny way to end a radio show?
Yes
14%
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217 votes
I can take or leave it.
36%
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541 votes
No
29%
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442 votes
I may want to hear t first, which I've not made the effort to do (yet?).
20%
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300 votes
5.
5.
If you are or were ever were regularly a radio listener and fondly recall a memorable sign-off from a DJ, commentator, news anchor or whomever else, would you share it in a comment?
Yes, at last one, but maybe more
10%
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157 votes
Not now, but perhaps another tie...however appropriate the survey or not
14%
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208 votes
No
35%
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530 votes
Not Applicable
40%
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605 votes

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