long-time listener, first-time caller

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long-time listener, first-time caller

  1. (idiomatic) A person who contacts the host of a radio program, or (by extension) the owner of a website etc., for the first time, having listened or followed for a significant period.
    • 2004, Jim Novo, Drilling Down: Turning Customer Data into Profits with a Spreadsheet:
      Q: I'm a "long time listener, first time caller," and a big fan of your site and your approach to data-driven marketing.
    • 2012, Gary Myers, Coaching Confidential: Inside the Fraternity of NFL Coaches, page 57:
      Parcells was set in his ways and not interested in changing for an owner who until now was just a fan, who could have been “Robert from Brookline, long-time listener, first-time caller.”