Selling Me Softly With His Song

One of the most significant events in radio history happened on this date in 1922 - WEAF broadcast the very first commercial. It was an ad for the Hawthorne Court apartments in Queens. Since then, radio has been used to pitch everything under the sun. Your assignment today is to pick a product or service and give us the song you would use to sell it. You've gotta come up with something that hasn't been done before. We're not looking for songs already used by advertisers. Hear what we spin and have your credit card ready.

Hear your requests weekdays after 9 a.m.
Today's set:

• Fontella Bass "Rescue Me" (North Shore Animal League)
• Johnny Cash "I've Been Everywhere" (Winnebago Campers)
• The Power Station "Some Like It Hot" (Tabasco sauce)
• Johnny Nash "I Can See Clearly Now" (LensCrafters)
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds "Wrap It Up" (Reynolds Wrap)