Lesson plan
Request + Line
A request line is a telephone line which allows listeners to call a radio station, traditionally to request the disc jockey to play a specific piece of recorded music on-air. In the late 20th century, a large volume of listener requests for a specific song could help to turn it into a hit in the United States market. By the early 2000s, radio request line data was supplemented by a changing mix of other sources, such as online surveys, to help predict future hits.
Article summary
A request line is a telephone line which allows listeners to call a radio station, traditionally to request the disc jockey to play a specific piece of recorded music on-air. In the late 20th century, a large volume of listener requests for a specific song could help to turn it into a hit in the United States market. By the early 2000s, radio request line data was supplemented by a changing mix of other sources, such as online surveys, to help predict future hits.
Key claims
- release date: 2001-01-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the release date is "2001-01-30". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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