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TOP APRIL FOOL'S *RADIO* HOAXES OF ALL TIME

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MikeShannon914

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That article about Dorsey's name change mentioned the time Dorsey went on the air to tell folks that exotic animals had escaped from the zoo and were roaming the streets of Denton. Classic.

Kidd Kraddick flipping Kiss-FM to All-Disco, All-the-Time, 1993

Fitz on Wild 100 telling people of a mass blackout across Dallas. (Poor example, but I couldn't think of another one offhand.)
 
Was it an April Fools joke when A.W. told the Young Country listeners there was money hidden in one of the books in the library? Or was that just a random A.W. joke?
 
That was an image I will never forget.

One of the local TV stations showed video of several listeners taking books off the shelves, riffling through their pages, then dropping each moneyless book to the floor.

There were piles of opened books on the floors, and completely unrepentant looks on the faces of the people ruining them.
 
It doesn't get any better...

Space Shuttle Lands in San Diego

In 1993, Dave Rickards, a deejay at KGB-FM in San Diego, announced that the space shuttle Discovery had been diverted from Edwards Air Force Base and would instead soon be landing at Montgomery Field—a municipal airport. Thousands of commuters immediately headed toward the landing site, causing enormous traffic jams. Police eventually had to be called in to clear the traffic. People arrived at the airport armed with cameras, camcorders, and folding chairs. Police were not amused by the prank. They announced they would bill the radio station for the cost of forcing officers to direct the traffic.

The kicker: The Discovery wasn't even in flight on 4/1/93.

dr
 
Rickards pulled another prank on listeners as he told them that area Radio Shacks were selling a new product called the Dormin which, when connected to your computer, will allow you to see their radio show as well as listen to it. Keep in mind, Internet was in its infancy and webcams weren't invented.

People flocked to Radio Shack all over town to buy the Dormin only to receive puzzled, blank stares from the salespeople.

By the way, Dormin spelled backwards is Nimrod.

dr
 
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