Radio Station Call ins

So I was over frustrated yesterday when I attempted to call into a radio station to win a prize. I like the busy signal...it gives me the sign to hang up and try again. But the friggin' fake ring like 2-3 times and the "I'm sorry all circuits are busy now" makes me want to scream. 1st off I am getting the false sense of hope that I am actually getting through and 2ndly it just wasted 15 seconds of my time when I could have been redialing. Isn't there a better way to do it? Why do they have the "fake-out" ring? Ugh, I just wanna get through, even if it is to tell me I am caller #70 and not #96 like I am trying to be!