Markus De Shon was a music director at WREK Atlanta for more
than three years. He recieved a Masters Degree in Health Physics
and a Doctorate. During his 3+ years of deciding what is or is
not appropriate for airplay on the World’s Greatest Radio
Station, he had plenty of time to consider what exactly makes
something appropriate. When we asked Markus to deliver an
address to the station’s staff last fall concerning our
philosophical grounding, we knew we would not be disappointed by
the results. As it turned out, we were amazed by the degree to
which Markus enunciated our philosophy, so we asked him to write
the following article. Once again we are not disappointed. So
sit back and enjoy this explanation of why WREK is WREK.  WREK
presents a sometimes bewildering array of music, but it is only
a small fraction of the music which is sent to us. How is it
that I (for I can only speak for myself) choose what we should
play on WREK? What do I believe our mission is in things
musical? Above all else, there is one