Freedom Forum's Paul McMasters calls microstation operators the broadcast equivalent of the old anonymous pamphleteers or alternative newspapers.

... Mr. Greaves, who may be juſtly reckoned a Claſſical Author on this Subject.

I supported you for months, and you've just thrown all that in my face by losing your job.

Prine's balladeering also includes social comment, as in Sam Stone, a song about a veteran returning from the conflict overseas with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.