B A R R Y wrote:

Should I have asked for this service via the clearance delivery
frequency as in IFR, or was I asking for a service not normally
available? I can't find the answer in the 2007 Jeppesen FAR-AIM.

In hindsight, I'm guessing I should have been on clearance delivery.

I always listen to ATIS before doing anything. Every airport I
have ever been to will instruct you to either call clearance
delivery or ground for all departures.