The A.F.R. snatches the WYYY engineer
The station’s student manager’s given the engineer written instructions on just what to say when people phone in during the hour to inquire and wish Psychosis a speedy recovery from whatever might ail her. At once denying and encouraging rumors of suicide, institutionalization, spiritual crisis, silent retreat, pilgrimage to the snow-capped East.
Context
Madame Psychosis has vanished from the air since the overdose, and the station's official line is engineered ambiguity — suicide leading the rumor list her listeners are left to sort. Her attempt refracted through an audience that only ever knew a voice.