Unintended Amusing side effects of RDS and its digital equivalent

[Brian Vita]

This post is not for the easily offended.

For a while I've been savagely amused by the RDS (and digital radio
equivalents) that sometimes show up on my various radio displays.  The most
consistently amusing display has been on the factory radios of my Nissan
vehicles.  For reasons that no one can explain to me, Nissan has mandated
that the displays NOT scroll.  As a result the truncated displays sometimes
display interesting titles.  For example, while listening to XM Watercolors
(smooth jazz -there's a shock) last week, the display said that I was
listening to "Hudson River Nig".  I thought it was a bit racy until I
realized that the song was actually "Hudson River Nights".  The one that
really stopped me was listening to the 60's on 6.  The display said that the
Delfonics were singing "Didn't I Blow You".  It took me a few minutes to
remember that the correct song title was "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This
Time".  I wonder if the folks programming the titles ever stop to think
about the displays.






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