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retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID

GET /v2/plays/3616878/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
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Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3616878,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616878/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-02-13T07:07:42-08:00",
    "show": 65920,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65920/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0d33ef7a-1f5d-4365-b807-b412271b99c3/mbid-0d33ef7a-1f5d-4365-b807-b412271b99c3-3778673680_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0d33ef7a-1f5d-4365-b807-b412271b99c3/mbid-0d33ef7a-1f5d-4365-b807-b412271b99c3-3778673680_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Angel",
    "track_id": "c59e69ca-6a51-3207-99f7-025a31732c7d",
    "recording_id": "8e74dd9d-e5a3-4acd-918a-c36a0f8cda84",
    "artist": "Massive Attack",
    "artist_ids": [
        "10adbe5e-a2c0-4bf3-8249-2b4cbf6e6ca8"
    ],
    "album": "Mezzanine",
    "release_id": "0d33ef7a-1f5d-4365-b807-b412271b99c3",
    "release_group_id": "6f9f6899-c0d3-311d-ae87-a10ae6bc53a9",
    "labels": [
        "Virgin Records America, Inc."
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "1644d8bc-b558-447f-82eb-5d6829988156"
    ],
    "release_date": "1998-05-12",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Our Album of the Week!\n--\nThe original idea was to record a cover version of The Clash's \"Straight To Hell,\" but vocalist Horace Andy wasn't happy singing the word \"hell.\" \n--\nThe song is based on Andy's 1973 song, \"You Are My Angel.\" It also heavily samples the drums from the Incredible Bongo Band's \"Last Bongo in Belgium.\"",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}