Reply #17: I'm going to stick my neck out

[Tsiyu]

because I once screened for Mikey, and say that there IS generally a policy of limiting callers to a specified amount of calls in a certain period. For every caller there are (hopefully) thousands of listeners. THEY know if someone is a repeat caller, and will start to wonder if a caller is a plant or if the host can't get any callers except the same few. It's a psychological thing.

Hosts will break that rule for exceptional callers, but just be aware that the time in the studio is precious and your time on air will be limited. It's much harder to host a show than it seems to the listener.

Now, Mike's screeners may only seem awful. Screeners will often be a bit testy and provocative because they want to be sure you are a "live" caller and not some long-winded douchebag or teenaged kid making a prank call.