"Viewers who see me presenting a show on television feel I am performing, which creates a distance between us, whereas for a radio audience I am closer to being with them in conversation. Since I am not one of those personalities who gets idolized, I have only had little feedback by mail in all these years on TV. But in six months on the radio I have already received many letters from listeners.
而且主持電視節目，觀眾覺得我是在表演，有距離感，聽眾就不同，他們把我當成談心的對象；」張小燕說：「我不是偶像型人物，主持這麼久的電視節目只有幫別人轉信的份，但主持廣播節目才半年多，就有不少聽眾寫信給我。」