I grew up at the tail end of the radio era. While stations still took requests, the reality was they only recorded phone calls and played ones that matched their preprogrammed songs.

But for a very short time, at the very end of the 90's/beginning of the 21st century, a station out of Charlotte hired a young DJ with an old school style crossed with a Howard stern attitude. He was awesome. All I know about him is he went by the name WILSON. Had some great intros that used old Dennis the mennnis clips. He got suspended from the air a few times before the station finally gave up. But probably his most infamous bit was "Name the Ugly Bride". This contest was played on the same day of the week that the Charlotte news paper printed their bridal announcements. Callers were to give first name and last initial. The station finally cut and run around late 2001 when many FCC rules started to change