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KDWN getting tough with crank callers

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drtylawndre

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Pete Moss said he has a call tracer that beats caller ID blocking...

I wonder if it can beat a pay phone???

(If all crank callers were stopped then KDumb would not have any callers?)
 
Crank callers were part of the joy in talk radio. I always felt that talk radio lost something when improved screening techniques got rid of the cranks. As long as they don't curse or libel somebody, what harm are they? With the dump button, they can't even get away with that much...

I think it's appropriate that KDWN, as a talk radio anachronism, a 1975 radio station transmitting in the 21st century, attracted cranks. As long as they're too cheap for screeners, I think the cranks will win. drty is right, there are numerous ways to get around Caller ID.
 
dial *67 and it will block your number to all callers with caller id...i love the feature. I have call blocking on my cell and when i call someone...it shows up as Private on caller id.


> Crank callers were part of the joy in talk radio. I always
> felt that talk radio lost something when improved screening
> techniques got rid of the cranks. As long as they don't
> curse or libel somebody, what harm are they? With the dump
> button, they can't even get away with that much...
>
> I think it's appropriate that KDWN, as a talk radio
> anachronism, a 1975 radio station transmitting in the 21st
> century, attracted cranks. As long as they're too cheap for
> screeners, I think the cranks will win. drty is right, there
> are numerous ways to get around Caller ID.
>
 
> Crank callers were part of the joy in talk radio. I always
> felt that talk radio lost something when improved screening
> techniques got rid of the cranks. As long as they don't
> curse or libel somebody, what harm are they? With the dump
> button, they can't even get away with that much...
>
> I think it's appropriate that KDWN, as a talk radio
> anachronism, a 1975 radio station transmitting in the 21st
> century, attracted cranks. As long as they're too cheap for
> screeners, I think the cranks will win. drty is right, there
> are numerous ways to get around Caller ID.
>


Speaking of crank calls, in the early 1980s I had a high school friend who would call the emergency operator and break through on Ken Stahls show on KDWN.

Operator: This is the emergency operator with an emergency phone call from Ken Stahl

Ken Stahl: I am Ken Stahl

Operator:Sir, I said we have an emergency phone call from Ken Stahl

Ken Stahl: OPERATOR, I AM KEN STAHL, How can there be an emergency phone call from Ken Stahl? I AM KEN STAHL.

My friend would do this frequently (and luckily never got in trouble for it). Often times it would jump to the #1 topic of conversation, the old people calling into KDWN really got a kick out of that prank.

BTW, Ken Stahl is still on K-DAWN to this day as half of their morning drive team. I believe he's pushing 80 years old. But it's cool to hear his voice because he's one of the few Vegas radio personalties left that were here in the old days.
 
> dial *67 and it will block your number to all callers with
pete moss said his system defeats *67...I like when the TRU guy says "there is the liberal response" sfter a crank caller...of course it could be a conservative trying to make libs look bad????

.I think Ken Stahl is great...but Hart Kirchwasser or whatever his name is ...is like a preachy old auntie...his politics are ok but the style is harsh
 
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