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Central PA Disc Jockey/Radio Stunts

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EtownSportsGuy

Next week on WWEC-FM, another student and I are going to be on-air for 24 hours straight beginning Wednesday, March 29 @ 11 PM and going until 11 PM Thursday, March 30. The idea first crossed my mind as a promotional stunt last year but we got involved in trying to make some other things happen and it fell through.

Besides wanting to get people talking about our event, I'm interested in the history of disc jockey/radio stunts in Central PA. Does anyone try to think outside the box with 'out-there' promotional gimmicks or does local radio keep it mostly conservative and not take risks with these types of things?

The only thing I can really think of is several years ago, either WLAN or their evening jock played Weird Al's Amish Paradise non-stop for an extended period of time. Anyone else?
 
> The only thing I can really think of is several years ago,
> either WLAN or their evening jock played Weird Al's Amish
> Paradise non-stop for an extended period of time. Anyone else?

Well, other than previously-mentioned flip stunts and contests...

199x, WGTY's Cougar Michaels was buried underground at a car dealership;
that lasted about a week.

brief stunting: 1996, 92.7 The Eagle began with "The Eagle has landed" and
other related blurbs; the first song was SMB's "Fly Like an Eagle."

1997, WGRX (Baltimore) spun a weekend of Disco, with sweepers identifying
the station as "Polyester 101," then flipped to the Froggy Country format.

A week or two before WSOX's launch in 1998, the sound of 96.1 FM was a
ticking clock. An announcer periodically teased the upcoming station.

possible stunt: 2001, the last song WTPA spun before the switch to Classic
Rock was Lenny Kravitz's cover of "American Woman." The song fades out
with "Bye-bye... bye-bye...bye-bye...bye-bye."
 
It wasn't a "stunt" per say... In 1993 I was on the air all day and all night on WTPA. 'Course, there was a blizzard going on.. Nobody could get in..I could'nt get out. Snow drifted up against the door. I was never so happy to see Randy Rock Johnson.

Good luck with your event.



> Next week on WWEC-FM, another student and I are going to be
> on-air for 24 hours straight beginning Wednesday, March 29 @
> 11 PM and going until 11 PM Thursday, March 30. The idea
> first crossed my mind as a promotional stunt last year but
> we got involved in trying to make some other things happen
> and it fell through.
>
> Besides wanting to get people talking about our event, I'm
> interested in the history of disc jockey/radio stunts in
> Central PA. Does anyone try to think outside the box with
> 'out-there' promotional gimmicks or does local radio keep it
> mostly conservative and not take risks with these types of
> things?
>
> The only thing I can really think of is several years ago,
> either WLAN or their evening jock played Weird Al's Amish
> Paradise non-stop for an extended period of time. Anyone
> else?
>
 
It's hard to beat some of Bruce Bond's stunts...well, at least the stunts related to his show. Jumping in fountains downtown, getting busted by security at the farm show complex, the dog in the car, chuna. Good stuff.<P ID="signature">______________
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At one of the stations where I worked, we took the station vehicle and dropped off our stunt boy on Front Street, Harrisburg, and he streaked a block; of course, it slowed traffic and the cops weren't too happy about it. The stunt generated much talk, though.<P ID="signature">______________
Apathy is bliss.</P>
 
> > The only thing I can really think of is several years ago,
>
> > either WLAN or their evening jock played Weird Al's Amish
> > Paradise non-stop for an extended period of time. Anyone
> else?
>
> Well, other than previously-mentioned flip stunts and
> contests...
>
> 199x, WGTY's Cougar Michaels was buried underground at a car
> dealership;
> that lasted about a week.
>
> brief stunting: 1996, 92.7 The Eagle began with "The Eagle
> has landed" and
> other related blurbs; the first song was SMB's "Fly Like an
> Eagle."
>
> 1997, WGRX (Baltimore) spun a weekend of Disco, with
> sweepers identifying
> the station as "Polyester 101," then flipped to the Froggy
> Country format.
>
> A week or two before WSOX's launch in 1998, the sound of
> 96.1 FM was a
> ticking clock. An announcer periodically teased the upcoming
> station.
>
> possible stunt: 2001, the last song WTPA spun before the
> switch to Classic
> Rock was Lenny Kravitz's cover of "American Woman." The
> song fades out
> with "Bye-bye... bye-bye...bye-bye...bye-bye."
>
I remember when WSOX launched the oldies format in 1998. After the ticking clock, I remember that they took requests from any type of format and played it on the station. They said they were doing this "to decide what format to change 96.1 to". I remember hearing an Elvis tune and Barenaked Ladies.
 
> It's hard to beat some of Bruce Bond's stunts...well, at
> least the stunts related to his show. Jumping in fountains
> downtown, getting busted by security at the farm show
> complex, the dog in the car, chuna. Good stuff.

A little over a year and a half ago I had to make a court appearance for a ticket that I fought. The judge looked at my file and saw that I had no record. He then asked me where I worked, which I responded WNNK. He proceeded to tell me not to get in trouble over stupid matters and hit the gavel. He then asked me, and I quote, " What the heck is Bruce Bond up to these days? " The cop said he thought Bruce was working at the Regal theater. The judge then proceeded to tell me of some stunt where someone from the LAS (Late Afternoon Show) was sticking thier a$$ out the window of the station vehicle and the case was taken to court. He also asked me If I remembered something about a guy in drag (Stretch I believe) walking along some train tracks. I told him I only heard secondhand stories.<P ID="signature">______________
-DK
www.DKVoice.com</P>
 
Didn't FM97 get in trouble a few years back when they had a mess of people in downtown Lancaster because they were giving out "hundred dollar bills"? Of course they weren't giving out money. (I think the Peak morning guys did something similar)
 
> It's hard to beat some of Bruce Bond's stunts...well, at
> least the stunts related to his show. Jumping in fountains
> downtown, getting busted by security at the farm show
> complex, the dog in the car, chuna. Good stuff.


Thats nothing compared to making toast at Walmart.
<P ID="signature">______________
"Our Greatest Glory lies not in never failing, but in rising everytime we fall."

http://www.makmckeehan.com
http://www.get-frosted.com</P>
 
> Thats nothing compared to making toast at Walmart.

Hahahhahahahhahaaha. Proctor-silex.<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
 
Radio stunts?

I don't think any of todays jocks have the cajones to pull of anything truly unique or eye opening.

What with all of the FCC crackdowns and decency laws.

Seems like the days of old are...well, the days of old.

I remember listeing to Opie and Anthony telling Boston that the Mayor had died...when he really didn't. And then in NYC coaching a couple into having sex in a church.
 
ravedj1 said:
Didn't FM97 get in trouble a few years back when they had a mess of people in downtown Lancaster because they were giving out "hundred dollar bills"? Of course they weren't giving out money. (I think the Peak morning guys did something similar)
Click to expand...

JOJO was responisble for the one hundred dollar bills.
JOJO was responsible for Amish Paradise
Pat Kain was responsible for killing dogs on the air
Pat Kain was responsible for a fake Celine Deon Concert
Pat Kain was responsible for tatooing a 13 yr old
Pat Kain was responsible for the Miss Teen Pat Kain Pageant

so yeah, FM97 has had its share of true night guys
 
hopeland36 said:
ravedj1 said:
Didn't FM97 get in trouble a few years back when they had a mess of people in downtown Lancaster because they were giving out "hundred dollar bills"? Of course they weren't giving out money. (I think the Peak morning guys did something similar)
Click to expand...

JOJO was responisble for the one hundred dollar bills.
JOJO was responsible for Amish Paradise
Pat Kain was responsible for killing dogs on the air
Pat Kain was responsible for a fake Celine Deon Concert
Pat Kain was responsible for tatooing a 13 yr old
Pat Kain was responsible for the Miss Teen Pat Kain Pageant

so yeah, FM97 has had its share of true night guys
Click to expand...

And Blaine Love on WLAN told the listeners that the Backstreet Boys died in a plane crash at the height of their craze...he had a "produced" news report too...he also got fired for it!!
 
Here's an idea to throw at you...LABOR DAY is coming. We had one of our oldies jocks at WKPA (this was like 14 years ago) do his "salute to working folk" by doing his live show straight for 18 hours on the air. We gave out prizes and took requests the whole day. See if your morning jock is up to it. Good luck.
 
And Blaine Love on WLAN told the listeners that the Backstreet Boys died in a plane crash at the height of their craze...he had a "produced" news report too...he also got fired for it!!
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think you might want to invesitgate a little more. Blaine didnt get fired for that stunt. It may have not helped situations, but that wasnt the reason he was let go.
 
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