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GET /v2/plays/3639413/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3639413,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639413/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-08T09:45:52-07:00",
    "show": 66398,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66398/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710901.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-aff8e013-f8e9-48c4-93fe-be01d6ac4272/mbid-aff8e013-f8e9-48c4-93fe-be01d6ac4272-21009315786_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710901.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-aff8e013-f8e9-48c4-93fe-be01d6ac4272/mbid-aff8e013-f8e9-48c4-93fe-be01d6ac4272-21009315786_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Tom’s Diner",
    "track_id": "fc751d5a-4205-35b2-9b80-e1a50263d366",
    "recording_id": "071f7f8c-c477-4dec-a63f-f1bfee58f609",
    "artist": "DNA feat. Suzanne Vega",
    "artist_ids": [
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        "cf119120-7df5-47d7-9dec-49f8837a4e40"
    ],
    "album": "Tom’s Album",
    "release_id": "aff8e013-f8e9-48c4-93fe-be01d6ac4272",
    "release_group_id": "9811a59e-da1b-36d0-9b62-413ca2c4c446",
    "labels": [
        "A&M Records"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c"
    ],
    "release_date": "1991-01-01",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Did you know that \"Tom's Diner\" by Suzanne Vega was used to test the early MP3 compression algorithms? The audio engineer, Karlheinz Brandenburg, listened to the song thousands of times before it came through clearly.\n\nRead about it here:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/24h862bw\n\nSuzanne's latest album 'Flying With Angels' just came out.\n\nhttps://suzannevega.bandcamp.com\nhttps://www.suzannevega.com/",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}