“THE AVERAGE PERSON SPENDS 100 HOURS A YEAR COMMUNITING” Source
I found this stat online and it got me thinking about how many hours I spend commuting in a year? Even though my commute is never the same as highway 95 is so unpredictable, I based my calculations on 2 hours commuting per day (there and back). Based on this, I spend 520 hours a year commuting to and from work. I live in Massachusetts and my commute is roughly 30 miles each way. But the amount of traffic causes my commute to range anywhere from an hour all the way up to 3 hours, which is obnoxious.
How do you get through a commute like this every day while you’re driving? Well the radio is the first option. I normally don’t like to listen to a lot of morning radio shows, but after driving this commute for a year I had to expand other ways to pass the time. When you commute as much as I do you start stumbling onto daily radio segments that pretty soon becomes something to look forward to on your morning commute. There are 5 segments that I LOVE listening too in the morning and that start my day with some laughs and on a good note.
Show: Second Date Update
Day of the Week: Weekdays
Time: 7:10am, 8:10am & 9:10am
Station: Hot 96.9 Boston
Host: Ramiro, Melissa, Pebbles & Wiggy (The Get Up Crew)
The second date update is a segment that targets people participating in first dates. It’s when two people go on a first date (sometimes its second/third dates too), after the date is over one of the two is trying to get in touch with the second person for a second date, however they get no response to any calls, texts or messages. The person who is still reaching out is baffled that they aren’t getting a response, so they then call 96.9 to have the Get Up crew call the other person who is not responding to find out why they haven’t been reciprocating. While the Get Up crew calls this person to find out what happened, the person who originally called 96.9 is silently listening to the entire call. And once the air is clear of why the other person is dodging a second date, the original person speaks up and the two communicate on it.
Did you follow all of that? LOL.
Majority of the time, the person who initiated the call to 96.9 leaves out something they did to cause the other person to ignore them and it’s pretty hilarious. The stories range in all kinds of directions. Some people did something awful, like eat food out of the trash or some people have real issues like they recently became a widower and this was their first date and they were not ready for dating yet. More often or not they are very entertaining stories that bring a lot of amusement. This is the daily radio segment that I love forward to hearing the most and am upset if I miss it!
Show: War of the Roses
Day of the Week: Thursdays
Time: 8:20am
Station: Mix 104.1
Host: Karson & Kennedy
War of the Roses is a radio show for those trying to find out a secret from their significant other, mostly cheating situations. Basically one person informs 104.1 of their situation and who they what they want to find out could be cheating. Kennedy then calls the other person pretending to be from their wireless provider and offering them a dozen free long stem roses to be sent to anyone in the US free of charge. The original caller is waiting on the line silently listening to the entire conversation. Kennedy will then ask them who they would they like to send the flowers too and then proceeds to ask what they would like to put on the card with the roses. Once the person reveals the secret relationship Kennedy will try to find out more information from the recipient. Then usually the person listening to the call jumps in when they realize they are in fact cheating or seeing someone else.
Often times its people who are in fact hiding something from their significant other but there are some times that there is nothing going on and the original caller is embarrassed.
Show: Therapy with Judah
Day of the Week: Wednesday
Time: 7:40am & 8:40am
Station: Amp 103.3
Host: TJ
Therapy with Judah is a very adorable segment! TJ calls his nephew Judah who is 9 years old and asks for advice on a few topics. Judah listens, provides feedback and advice to TJ on things he should and shouldn’t do. TJ usually asks or says something extremely ridiculous and Judah will usually make TJ understand why its wrong or inappropriate. Its nice to see how intelligent he is and how he will offer the best advice possible to steer TJ in the right path.
No topics are off limits and he is very educated about everything and quite surprising at his age, his parents definitely are raising him right!
Show: Producer Matts Bar Stars
Day of the Week: Monday
Time: During the TJ Show
Station: Amp 103.3
Host: Producer Matt
Producer Matt hits the bars at closing time to talk to intoxicated people and turn them into Bar Stars. He will ask them questions or let them freely speak. It’s pretty hilarious because you never know what you’re going to get. They speak whatever they want and just are there for pure entertainment. This one is self-explanatory and does not need a full description because it’s simple and easy!
Show: TJ’s Ridiculous Report
Day of the Week: Daily
Time: 8:40am
Station: Amp 103.3
Host: TJ
TJ’s ridiculous report is a quick segment where TJ read ridiculous stories. Stories range for dumb things that people do that get them into trouble. He reads 3 stories a day and some can be local or from all of the world. Most recently he has had some funny pokemon go stories of people not paying attention and harming themselves. It’s a nice quick funny segment!
If you haven’t heard these yet, you need to start making them part of your morning commute!