As part of the Cool Cities Initiative, people calling state offices will now hear cool 50's - 60's tunes, rather than boring muzak. How do you people deal with all the hipness? [/url]
At a city where I used to work, the phone system controls were located in a closet accessible from my office. The music-on-hold system was an AM/FM radio, connected through the earphone jack.
Occasionally, I'd switch the station, just for kicks. I've set the music-on-hold system to ...
* A ranchero/norteno/mariachi station
* A teenybopper Top 40 station
* The local mullet rock station
However, I didn't get in trouble until I turned it to NPR. Why? It's LIBERAL PROPAGANDA! The radio then went back and forth between a paleo-conservative AM talker, and NPR. Good times. Good times.
Might be interesting to have that same setup in Buffalo, where you can select a French language station, a station where the Hail Mary is recited endlessly, or the output from a scanner set to Cheektowaga volunteer fire department frequencies. "Hey, Kaz, is dat der Genny Cream der colt yet der?"