FiveDozenWhales

FWIW, here's why I listen to my local radio station (93.9 WRSI Northampton MA):

• Genuinely local. As in the DJs and morning talk discuss events that happen in my county, make reference to the fact that local produce is in season, recommend restaurants, etc.

• Genuinely live. It's not pre-canned. You can call and get through (I have many times). I imagine this works better in my small semi-rural community than it would in a city, though.

• Community presence. DJs organize local events, appear at charity marches, give speeches, etc.

• Know the audience. My area is a mix of college kids and farmers, neither of whom want Top 40 and shock jocks, so there's none of that. Talk segments are a mixture of academic subjects and local business interviews.

• Variety. The music is not just 9-10 songs on loop; there's several different segments with different hosts. Indie rock, folk, country, techno at night, an hour of Grateful Dead tapes every Thursday, a 5-hour block of classic funk every Friday, a weekly show dedicated to local acts. DJs who know the history behind their music and can talk about it intelligently. Talk segments include 90 seconds with a jocular local weatherman, a cocktail of the week, a weekly interview with a local astronomer, a "What the heck is that building I drive by sometimes?" segment. It's never the same and never boring.

• Social awareness & progressiveness. Obviously this depends on the market, but having DJs who plug the local food bank, don't shy away from the racist history of the recording/broadcast industries, and play some music with a positive social message makes me feel good about giving them my support.

• Good advertisements! I don't change the channel during the ads! They're made with the support of the radio station (many are voiced by the current DJ, giving it sort of a "podcast advertising" feel), and they don't carry obnoxious ads. There's ads for local car dealerships, but they feature someone talking at a normal pace about concrete reasons to shop, instead of explosion sound effects and a man yelling at high speed about TOYOTATHON WEEKEND.

Prime Day is widely agreed to be something of a sham - fake "deals" on crap that no one really wants.

This year it's also the date of an Amazon strike. Amazon workers face unsafe conditions, restricted urination, unpaid work hours, and brutal work demands.

Are you so out of touch that you'd ignore the general public's apathy about Prime Day and choose to engage in strike-breaking activity, or is Amazon paying you to do so?

Clocked

What's your opinion on legalization and regulation vs. non-regulation of sex work?

"We're a neutral party here!" is a totally empty argument. By advertising Amazon on the day that its workers are striking to protest exploitative work conditions you are directly antagonizing those workers. You can't claim to be "just trying to help" when you are driving sales to Amazon on the day its workers are striking for healthy work conditions.

By presenting it as a neutral "consumer's choice" whether or not to cross picket lines and shop, you are implicitly taking a side. If you really wanted to be neutral and fair, your original post would actually cover the issues discussed here by making a note that Amazon workers are striking and have asked consumers not to shop today. Instead, you act like that issue doesn't exist and drive sales to Amazon.

It's a hyperbolic comparison, I know, but imagine a website which offers tips for taking a state-sponsored tour in North Korea. "Our mission is to help people have a good tour. We just want to make sure that if you do choose to participate in state-sponsored North Korea tourism, we can help." Obviously Amazon isn't NK, but that kind of response is the exact same cop-out - "it's your choice whether or not to support this giant of power which its workers/citizens claim is exploiting them! If you choose to support them, we're here to help you with that!"