REQUIREMENTS TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON THE AIR:

MY PET PIEVE IS DIRECTED TO THOSE WHO BUTCHER THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM:

IF YOU ARE GOING TO SING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM--PLEASE, SING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM THE WAY IT WAS SUNG ORIGINALLY.
TODAY'S SINGERS OF OUR NATION ANTHEM--BUTCHER THE SONG WITH THEIR OWN RENDITIONS. YEA--I KNOW--IT IS A DIFFICULT SONG TO SING, SO PEOPLE IMPROVISE.
MY POSITION IS--IF YOU CANNOT SING IT THE ORIGINAL WAY--THEN DON'T DO IT--WE DON'T NEED A BILLION DIFERENT RENDITIONS.