 Together, these programs provide entertainment where television is either not wanted or would be distracting (such as while driving or operating machinery).Selected Shorts, a long-running NPR program broadcast in front of a live audience at Symphony Space in New York, originated the "driveway moment" for over 300,000 people listeners each week during readings of contemporary and classic short stories by well-known professional actors.The lack of visuals also enable fantastical settings and effects to be used in radio plays where the cost would be prohibitive for movies or television.