ABSTRACT
Voices of listeners heard are not so much expressions of opinions, ideas or beliefs of individuals but domesticated voices, i.e., voices of individuals used as material in an editorial process. This chapter analysis the ways in which listeners' presence in actual radio programmes can be traced. And it asks whether and to what degree listener presence can be understood as participation in these programmes. Listeners can be heard on radio morning shows all the time and in different ways, but mostly they are simply present without having a voice. They are present as the imagined listener that is implied in the programme itself, or they are present when they are talked to directly, for instance in greetings. When voices of listeners are actually put on the air, this is often done by including pre-recorded and edited statements of listeners, sometimes as sound bites, sometimes being read as quotes from social media websites.
