First time winning a radio contest

[jsu5381m]

Today I won my first radio contest. I won almost $200. I had to guess the combination code of a make believe vault. So what memories do you have of winning your first radio contest and what did you win?

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Name it and claim it! On KTKT (990 AM) Tucson.

And I don't think I needed to be the ninth caller,
just the first one with the correct title and artist,
to win...

It's Alright by Adam Faith.

On a 45 rpm record. You know, the seven-inch disc
with the big hole in the center. A-side and b-side.

Now all of you are probably rushing to your Joel Whitburn
just to see how long ago that was!

Hey, I was only three. ;D

 

[alw]

WKBW/Buffalo.......1960......."Jungle Jay" Nelson/AM drive

I lived around the corner from the 50,000 watt flamethrower.
Jungle Jay put out a call for the wierdest thing he could get.

I swiped a necktie with a naked showgirl looking backwards at you from between her legs with the caption "Bottoms Up!", from my fathers closet....and a eucalyptus tree that I had made from a newspaper (as seen in Mad Magazine).... and a large hip bone from a cow that had been brought home for our dog, who had since died.

I Won!

An autographed picture of Jay, and a Clyde McPhatter record.

I knew then that Radio was for me.

 

[CaptainFirstReturns]

I don't remember the station's call letters but I do remember their sister station's, which was WEBO-AM in Owego, NY. The contest was on their FM station and I had to guess if their newsman would make or miss a shot with a toy basketball. He missed and I won a grab bag of goodies that included a book on how to play guitar, a White Lion LP, a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses and a copy of the documentary Paul McCartney voiced and hosted called "The Real Buddy Holly Story".