Stage names. No newsreader on a newscast is going to say "Thanks for that great lasagna recipe, now lets talk to Ebenezer Ulysses about tomorrow's rain", they'

Stage names. No newsreader on a newscast is going to say "Thanks for that great lasagna recipe, now lets talk to Ebenezer Ulysses about tomorrow's rain", they're going to get a stage name of "Bennie" in that case.