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Officially, WKLU stunt is NOT record - they failed

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radioho

Here are a couple links about John Walker from radio station WUAG - who set the record of 175 hours on August 27, 2007, along with the RULES for breaking such a record.

http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0100/t.8075.html

http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/08/dj-sets-new-rec.html

The OFFICIAL RULES

• One five-minute break every hour, which can be stockpiled and used later for a longer break
• No song can be played longer than six minutes
• No interview can go longer than one minute without Walker speaking
• The entire process must be recorded and video taped and sent to Guinness World Records.
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So I'm assuming there were NO songs longer than six minutes? And a complete video as proof?

Of course not. He didn't even make it the 136 hours based on the above criteria.

I get it that a college kid would do this, for exposure, fun, resume, etc., but a 'professional' dj? With a billboard and NO research to find out if it really WAS a record? Uh, okay then.

What an amateurish failure of a gag.
 
However, this whole episode had some of us talking about Mr. Oasis and his radio station.

Deep down, I imagine that was his whole point, anyway.

Remember, even bad publicity is better than no publicity.

Are Gee Two Four Four
 
radioguy244 said:
However, this whole episode had some of us talking about Mr. Oasis and his radio station.

Deep down, I imagine that was his whole point, anyway.

Remember, even bad publicity is better than no publicity.

Are Gee Two Four Four
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The amount of local TV news coverage this generated was substantial...that's worth something.
 
And wasn't it billed as the newest record in Indy? Instead of the world?
 
Phus said:
And wasn't it billed as the newest record in Indy? Instead of the world?
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No, it wasn't. According to the WKLU website (as of 10/28/07 at 11:17pm)

"Our very own Matt Albro has captured the WORLD RECORD Longest Radio DJ Marathon! The new record is 136 hours!"
 
BLAH BLAH BLAH.... Bitch Bitch Bitch.... Nay Say Nay Say Nay Say... Some of you are the most whiney, complaining, negative radio haters I ever had the displeasure of reading.

Most of you spend more time trying to debunk or down trod anything that anyone does in Indiana radio. No wonder Central Indiana radio is such a freaking mess.
 
Yeah yall, don't expect any of your radio people to tell the truth or do anything like that!
Yall are crazy talking or something.
Drink the Kool-Aid and all else that they offer ya! :eek: ;D
 
IKE_IKE_Baby said:
BLAH BLAH BLAH.... Bitch Bitch Bitch.... Nay Say Nay Say Nay Say... Some of you are the most whiney, complaining, negative radio haters I ever had the displeasure of reading.

Most of you spend more time trying to debunk or down trod anything that anyone does in Indiana radio. No wonder Central Indiana radio is such a freaking mess.
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While I can not speak for RadioHo(obviously she dislikes everyone) I think this is a valid thread here. As a listener of WKLU I am curious if this guy did break the actual record? The station promoted it then performed it. I listened through it. Now I want to know if it was legit or not. In the past people on here have said WKLU doesn't tell the truth to their listeners on things like total songs on their playlist, not playing requests, traffic information, and so on. So if they are again skewing the truth I feel as a listener I should be able to know. It might add validity to some of the other claims if this is true.
 
IKE_IKE_Baby said:
BLAH BLAH BLAH.... Bitch Bitch Bitch.... Nay Say Nay Say Nay Say... Some of you are the most whiney, complaining, negative radio haters I ever had the displeasure of reading. Most of you spend more time trying to debunk or down trod anything that anyone does in Indiana radio. No wonder Central Indiana radio is such a freaking mess.
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YOUR comment has no credibility because YOU are a hypocrit:
http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,76767.msg560486.html#msg560486

When it's someone YOU don't like - you'll go off on them, but when it's a station you are affiliated with/support/like, you call US "negative radio haters." What about the Lafayette market YOU rail on about? Pot calling the kettle black!

And I had to laugh at your quote "No wonder Central Indiana radio is such a freaking mess." It's a FREAKING MESS because of the OWNERS that allow their stations to be a FREAKING MESS!

ANYONE who has worked for Oasis, knows Oasis, or has come in contact with Oasis knows he treats his staff like dogs ("ARE YOU BRAIN DEAD?" To work for you, I MUST be!), really DOESN'T know how to compete in big market radio (staff constantly laughs behind his back about his 'amateurish' ideas - they must REALLY be slapping their knees over this latest stupid stunt), and most importantly ...

has a GREAT MYSPACE page. LOVE THE PHOTO and BIO Old Skool! Using it as my Screen Saver (Something ELSE a radio station owner would be stupid to post ... but not Old Skool, anyone into experimentation?).
 
Another Indy station had a great idea for ratings. They had a jock dressed only in Fruit Of The Loom
white briefs. Wiith a brown stain in the back, he pranced around in front of the station speaking to passers by .
He kept this up untill he was arrested by the Indianapolis police. The station video taped this and put
it on their web site. It worked. The stations ratings almost doubled.
Maybe, Russ can copy something like this next time.
 
Radio-info's Tom Taylor had an interesting story on the stunt in his e-mail newsletter, T-R-I.

I don't want to paste it here, because of the copyright thing, and I don't have the link. But you can do a search in the T-R-I archives to find the story. Dated 10/30.

Basically, the story states that the GM actually did some research on the record and decided that they really couldn't go for the official record because of too many demands expected by the Guinness people.

They got the guy a "professional sleep expert" to make sure he was and is fine.
 
RDO said:
Radio-info's Tom Taylor had an interesting story on the stunt in his e-mail newsletter, T-R-I.

I don't want to paste it here, because of the copyright thing, and I don't have the link. But you can do a search in the T-R-I archives to find the story. Dated 10/30.

Basically, the story states that the GM actually did some research on the record and decided that they really couldn't go for the official record because of too many demands expected by the Guinness people.

They got the guy a "professional sleep expert" to make sure he was and is fine.
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I don't follow the logic. He did the research, decided they couldn't go for the official record, so just made something up and called it a world record on their website? That is very bizarre. What was the point?
 
I read Tom's email, they've been piling up, and indeed, they admitted they MADE UP THE RECORD!

My guess is, they were serious about this until someone pointed out they were NOT going to get the record at the hour mark they originally thought, so they made up the entire - "oh, we knew that, but we just wanted to stay up all night and have some fun!"

Bull nookie! They purchased a billboard, made the statement BEFORE, DURING and AFTER his stunt that they had BROKEN THE WORLD RECORD! It wasn't pointed out here until the day AFTER they made the claim - THEN they said they knew and it wasn't about a world record, just something to do!

They got caught trying to scam - AGAIN - and act like they knew it all along.

In other words - THEY FAILED AT THEIR OWN STUNT.

Just sell Russ, and give someone else a chance to actually run that station like a true professional and not a kid with a toy!
 
I still say the greatest radio stunt is one that never REALLY happened:

WKRP's famous "turkey drop."

Enough said.
 
Juan Bodley said:
I still say the greatest radio stunt is one that never REALLY happened:

WKRP's famous "turkey drop."

Enough said.
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Right on buddy. I can still remember watching that on tv thinking how much fun it would be to be in the radio business and have a job like that. But for those of us that never had the talent or the chance to be in radio I really look down on something like this when it appears you are purposely being misled by a station. If they dont tell the truth about something silly like this record then what else are they fibbing to us about? I still listen because they play the most music but any loyalty I had to the station is long gone.
 
radioho said:
Just sell Russ, and give someone else a chance to actually run that station like a true professional and not a kid with a toy!
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Dude, there's a line between pointing out faults/fialures and just sounding like a giant vat of sour grapes.

You're jumping up and down on that line.

Your agenda is all things anti-Russ -- we got it. Those who weren't converted somewhere in the first 386 posts you've made bashing this faux stunt aren't likely to miraculously see the light on post 387. The rest of us have grown weary of your windmill tilting.

Let it go.
 
N_D_Radioguy said:
radioho said:
Just sell Russ, and give someone else a chance to actually run that station like a true professional and not a kid with a toy!
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Dude, there's a line between pointing out faults/fialures and just sounding like a giant vat of sour grapes.

You're jumping up and down on that line.

Your agenda is all things anti-Russ -- we got it. Those who weren't converted somewhere in the first 386 posts you've made bashing this faux stunt aren't likely to miraculously see the light on post 387. The rest of us have grown weary of your windmill tilting.

Let it go.
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You obviously HAVEN'T read my first '386 posts', or you would know that I post here for MY entertainment, not yours - DUDE!
 
radioho said:
You obviously HAVEN'T read my first '386 posts', or you would know that I post here for MY entertainment, not yours - DUDE!
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That's fine...you're entitled to that. But you've long since started coming across as a junior partner at the law firm of Jaded, Angry and Bitter. You run the risk of not being taken seriously on anything you post as a result.

I'm just saying that this particular horse is long dead.
 
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