Well those in radio can't win stuff but those who listen can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me, thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row tickets to Neil Diamond.
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Winning stuff on the radio - a poll
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> Well those in radio can't win stuff but those who listen
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
wwe tickets on KLLI
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
wwe tickets on KLLI
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GenoPetralli
Guest
> > Well those in radio can't win stuff but those who listen
> > can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio?
> Me,
> > thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front
> row
> > tickets to Neil Diamond.
> >
>
>
> wwe tickets on KLLI
>
Never won anything on the air.....just the occaisonal t-shirt or some other random crap from whatever remote I happened to stumble upon on the streets.
> > can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio?
> Me,
> > thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front
> row
> > tickets to Neil Diamond.
> >
>
>
> wwe tickets on KLLI
>
Never won anything on the air.....just the occaisonal t-shirt or some other random crap from whatever remote I happened to stumble upon on the streets.
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AliceTheCook
Guest
> Well those in radio can't win stuff but those who listen
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
A KLIF album "credit card" (just a token to exchange for a free album at Sound Town) in 1974, a couple Six Flags tickets from Mike Preston and Robin Jones at KMGC-102.9 in 1987, and some concert tickets from Q-102 in 1993. Oh yeah, a free pizza and a couple of 6th Floor Museum passes from KEOM in the 1990s (Robert Bass, whatever happened to those giveaways? In both cases, I had to look up KEOM's number in the phone book, and still ended up being the 1st caller!!)
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
A KLIF album "credit card" (just a token to exchange for a free album at Sound Town) in 1974, a couple Six Flags tickets from Mike Preston and Robin Jones at KMGC-102.9 in 1987, and some concert tickets from Q-102 in 1993. Oh yeah, a free pizza and a couple of 6th Floor Museum passes from KEOM in the 1990s (Robert Bass, whatever happened to those giveaways? In both cases, I had to look up KEOM's number in the phone book, and still ended up being the 1st caller!!)
>
> Never won anything on the air.....just the occaisonal
> t-shirt or some other random crap from whatever remote I
> happened to stumble upon on the streets.
A KAFM t-shirt after talking to John Dillon about the station while doing a project for a grade while going to ETSU and a WBAP belt buckle from Bill Mack at a Western Wearhouse remote one day.
BTW: KAFM flipped to KZPS about the time I made my presentation on the project. The professor had a great time at my expense because of the changes.
> Never won anything on the air.....just the occaisonal
> t-shirt or some other random crap from whatever remote I
> happened to stumble upon on the streets.
A KAFM t-shirt after talking to John Dillon about the station while doing a project for a grade while going to ETSU and a WBAP belt buckle from Bill Mack at a Western Wearhouse remote one day.
BTW: KAFM flipped to KZPS about the time I made my presentation on the project. The professor had a great time at my expense because of the changes.
From Rock-95 Tulsa I won a limo trip with dinner and backstage meeting with the Commodores before their Tulsa concert, about 1977. That brings back many memories. The Commodores were huge then (WITH Lionel). I was probably 15. The station asked me to kinda watch over the other winner and his date, because I was older!
I was a contest pig as a kid and won dozens of call-in contests from Tulsa's KELI (who I later worked for years later).
> Well those in radio can't win stuff but those who listen
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
I was a contest pig as a kid and won dozens of call-in contests from Tulsa's KELI (who I later worked for years later).
> Well those in radio can't win stuff but those who listen
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
Also -
2002 - won tickets to Paul McCartney from Memories at a remote in Flower Mound, that was awesome to scream at a Beatle!
1975 - won $100.00 from Truckin Tom Kookin Kent on KJFZ on a Saturday night. That was also awesome.
I should mention I won a limo ride with my tickets to Neil Diamond and dinner at the Worthington - I never forgot to thank Jody - well 17 years later I am thanking Jody!
2002 - won tickets to Paul McCartney from Memories at a remote in Flower Mound, that was awesome to scream at a Beatle!
1975 - won $100.00 from Truckin Tom Kookin Kent on KJFZ on a Saturday night. That was also awesome.
I should mention I won a limo ride with my tickets to Neil Diamond and dinner at the Worthington - I never forgot to thank Jody - well 17 years later I am thanking Jody!
> Also -
>
> 2002 - won tickets to Paul McCartney from Memories at a
> remote in Flower Mound, that was awesome to scream at a
> Beatle!
>
> 1975 - won $100.00 from Truckin Tom Kookin Kent on KJFZ on a
> Saturday night. That was also awesome.
>
> I should mention I won a limo ride with my tickets to Neil
> Diamond and dinner at the Worthington - I never forgot to
> thank Jody - well 17 years later I am thanking Jody!
>
1973- $99 from KNUS-99
>
> 2002 - won tickets to Paul McCartney from Memories at a
> remote in Flower Mound, that was awesome to scream at a
> Beatle!
>
> 1975 - won $100.00 from Truckin Tom Kookin Kent on KJFZ on a
> Saturday night. That was also awesome.
>
> I should mention I won a limo ride with my tickets to Neil
> Diamond and dinner at the Worthington - I never forgot to
> thank Jody - well 17 years later I am thanking Jody!
>
1973- $99 from KNUS-99
> 1973- $99 from KNUS-99
I won a box of donuts from 95.5 in Waco when they were KNFO and playing country...
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> Well those in radio can't win stuff but those who listen
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
That reminds me....
Whatever happened to Sandra Taylor, the woman who won a Car A Year for the rest of her life...
This was the Grand Prize one year in the KVIL Prize Catalog Contest....
> can. What's the best thing you ever won on the radio? Me,
> thanks to Jody Dean and my worthless brain trivia, front row
> tickets to Neil Diamond.
>
That reminds me....
Whatever happened to Sandra Taylor, the woman who won a Car A Year for the rest of her life...
This was the Grand Prize one year in the KVIL Prize Catalog Contest....
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KPLEXCOMPLEX
Guest
> > 1973- $99 from KNUS-99
>
> I won a box of donuts from 95.5 in Waco when they were KNFO
> and playing country...
>
Neil Diamond Tickets from Bud Buschardt at KVIL in 1980
>
> I won a box of donuts from 95.5 in Waco when they were KNFO
> and playing country...
>
Neil Diamond Tickets from Bud Buschardt at KVIL in 1980
I used to win a ton of albums from am stations; many of which I still have. The first thing I ever won was a Carpenters Album from Larry Shannon at the old KXOL radio - my mom complained the whole time because she had to drive me to the station to get it - and she had to pay a toll on the turnpike...
I actually have a photo of me picking up an album at the radio station KFJZ...it's on Larry Shannon's KFJZ reunion site.
http://www.kfjzreunion.com/loririchman.htm
I actually have a photo of me picking up an album at the radio station KFJZ...it's on Larry Shannon's KFJZ reunion site.
http://www.kfjzreunion.com/loririchman.htm
Sandra Taylor
Remember what they went thru to make it fair - didn't they use a cement mixer to toss the entries and Ron was dangled into the mixer to get an entry. I don't know what happened to her; but I am sure she's driving around in some hot rod making everyone jealous who see's it.
Remember the first year of that prize game - lots of the winners came from post offices because the clerks stole all the prize catalogs that were supposed to be mailed. That's why they instituted the rule you had to live or work on the prize catalog you received in the mail...no dumpster diving...
Sort of like when all the winners on the radio programs came from employees at the phone company because they learned the private lines that the other callers didn't know...
I love the 80's in radio...full of scandals!
Remember what they went thru to make it fair - didn't they use a cement mixer to toss the entries and Ron was dangled into the mixer to get an entry. I don't know what happened to her; but I am sure she's driving around in some hot rod making everyone jealous who see's it.
Remember the first year of that prize game - lots of the winners came from post offices because the clerks stole all the prize catalogs that were supposed to be mailed. That's why they instituted the rule you had to live or work on the prize catalog you received in the mail...no dumpster diving...
Sort of like when all the winners on the radio programs came from employees at the phone company because they learned the private lines that the other callers didn't know...
I love the 80's in radio...full of scandals!
They are still being done. In fact there was some type of giveaway this past Friday afternoon.
There are almost always giveaways during Friday night football broadcasts as well.
Thanks for listening, and congrats on your winnings! Just curious, was the pizza from Reunities? A former co-worker of mine and I used to have lunch there a few times a month. But the owner closed it down. :-(
Speaking of giveaways... The 9th annual “Mesquite Taste 'N’ Trade” is coming up in April. Lots of free food samples will be given out from various restaurants in Mesquite, and KEOM will be there with live remotes. Listen to KEOM for details. ;-)
R
> A KLIF album "credit card" (just a token to exchange for a
> free album at Sound Town) in 1974, a couple Six Flags
> tickets from Mike Preston and Robin Jones at KMGC-102.9 in
> 1987, and some concert tickets from Q-102 in 1993. Oh yeah,
> a free pizza and a couple of 6th Floor Museum passes from
> KEOM in the 1990s (Robert Bass, whatever happened to those
> giveaways? In both cases, I had to look up KEOM's number in
> the phone book, and still ended up being the 1st caller!!)
>
There are almost always giveaways during Friday night football broadcasts as well.
Thanks for listening, and congrats on your winnings! Just curious, was the pizza from Reunities? A former co-worker of mine and I used to have lunch there a few times a month. But the owner closed it down. :-(
Speaking of giveaways... The 9th annual “Mesquite Taste 'N’ Trade” is coming up in April. Lots of free food samples will be given out from various restaurants in Mesquite, and KEOM will be there with live remotes. Listen to KEOM for details. ;-)
R
> A KLIF album "credit card" (just a token to exchange for a
> free album at Sound Town) in 1974, a couple Six Flags
> tickets from Mike Preston and Robin Jones at KMGC-102.9 in
> 1987, and some concert tickets from Q-102 in 1993. Oh yeah,
> a free pizza and a couple of 6th Floor Museum passes from
> KEOM in the 1990s (Robert Bass, whatever happened to those
> giveaways? In both cases, I had to look up KEOM's number in
> the phone book, and still ended up being the 1st caller!!)
>
Re: Sandra Taylor
> Remember what they went thru to make it fair - didn't they
> use a cement mixer to toss the entries and Ron was dangled
> into the mixer to get an entry. I don't know what happened
> to her; but I am sure she's driving around in some hot rod
> making everyone jealous who see's it.
>
> Remember the first year of that prize game - lots of the
> winners came from post offices because the clerks stole all
> the prize catalogs that were supposed to be mailed. That's
> why they instituted the rule you had to live or work on the
> prize catalog you received in the mail...no dumpster
> diving...
>
> Sort of like when all the winners on the radio programs came
> from employees at the phone company because they learned the
> private lines that the other callers didn't know...
>
> I love the 80's in radio...full of scandals!
>
That was Chapman, the unequalled master of promotion--even turning the drawing for the winner into an event.
> Remember what they went thru to make it fair - didn't they
> use a cement mixer to toss the entries and Ron was dangled
> into the mixer to get an entry. I don't know what happened
> to her; but I am sure she's driving around in some hot rod
> making everyone jealous who see's it.
>
> Remember the first year of that prize game - lots of the
> winners came from post offices because the clerks stole all
> the prize catalogs that were supposed to be mailed. That's
> why they instituted the rule you had to live or work on the
> prize catalog you received in the mail...no dumpster
> diving...
>
> Sort of like when all the winners on the radio programs came
> from employees at the phone company because they learned the
> private lines that the other callers didn't know...
>
> I love the 80's in radio...full of scandals!
>
That was Chapman, the unequalled master of promotion--even turning the drawing for the winner into an event.
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AliceTheCook
Guest
Re: Sandra Taylor
'Twas my understanding that the winner was GUARANTEED a new car every year for life, and that a change in ownership at the station did not matter...it would be mandatorily written into the sale contract for the new owner to continue the obligation. (Which is a MAJOR consideration now--I figure once Infinity sees the first couple of books with "Lite FM" and "Gene and Julie" firmly in place, the Fire Sale sign will go up on the station door immediately.) Of course, I wouldn't put it past Kurt and the gang to put a contract out on Sandra.
Now originally, the annual lease was done through a promotion with Late Chevrolet. Of course, Late sold out right after the contest and became Jim Johnson Chevrolet, and later Reliable Chevrolet. I assume they still have some level of obligation written in to the old contract as well.
Seems like Sandra picked a new 1985 Chevy full-size custom van for her first car, then a Corvette after that. The station used to milk the process every year when it came time for her to turn in her car...lots of hoopla and promotion around it. Strange how that's fallen by the wayside the last few years. There's still plenty of promotable aspects to it (except that it would draw attention to the fact that KVIL hasn't run a respectable contest in years, including anything close to that magnitude.)
> > Remember what they went thru to make it fair - didn't they
>
> > use a cement mixer to toss the entries and Ron was dangled
>
> > into the mixer to get an entry. I don't know what
> happened
> > to her; but I am sure she's driving around in some hot rod
>
> > making everyone jealous who see's it.
> >
> > Remember the first year of that prize game - lots of the
> > winners came from post offices because the clerks stole
> all
> > the prize catalogs that were supposed to be mailed. That's
>
> > why they instituted the rule you had to live or work on
> the
> > prize catalog you received in the mail...no dumpster
> > diving...
> >
> > Sort of like when all the winners on the radio programs
> came
> > from employees at the phone company because they learned
> the
> > private lines that the other callers didn't know...
> >
> > I love the 80's in radio...full of scandals!
> >
> That was Chapman, the unequalled master of promotion--even
> turning the drawing for the winner into an event.
>
'Twas my understanding that the winner was GUARANTEED a new car every year for life, and that a change in ownership at the station did not matter...it would be mandatorily written into the sale contract for the new owner to continue the obligation. (Which is a MAJOR consideration now--I figure once Infinity sees the first couple of books with "Lite FM" and "Gene and Julie" firmly in place, the Fire Sale sign will go up on the station door immediately.) Of course, I wouldn't put it past Kurt and the gang to put a contract out on Sandra.
Now originally, the annual lease was done through a promotion with Late Chevrolet. Of course, Late sold out right after the contest and became Jim Johnson Chevrolet, and later Reliable Chevrolet. I assume they still have some level of obligation written in to the old contract as well.
Seems like Sandra picked a new 1985 Chevy full-size custom van for her first car, then a Corvette after that. The station used to milk the process every year when it came time for her to turn in her car...lots of hoopla and promotion around it. Strange how that's fallen by the wayside the last few years. There's still plenty of promotable aspects to it (except that it would draw attention to the fact that KVIL hasn't run a respectable contest in years, including anything close to that magnitude.)
> > Remember what they went thru to make it fair - didn't they
>
> > use a cement mixer to toss the entries and Ron was dangled
>
> > into the mixer to get an entry. I don't know what
> happened
> > to her; but I am sure she's driving around in some hot rod
>
> > making everyone jealous who see's it.
> >
> > Remember the first year of that prize game - lots of the
> > winners came from post offices because the clerks stole
> all
> > the prize catalogs that were supposed to be mailed. That's
>
> > why they instituted the rule you had to live or work on
> the
> > prize catalog you received in the mail...no dumpster
> > diving...
> >
> > Sort of like when all the winners on the radio programs
> came
> > from employees at the phone company because they learned
> the
> > private lines that the other callers didn't know...
> >
> > I love the 80's in radio...full of scandals!
> >
> That was Chapman, the unequalled master of promotion--even
> turning the drawing for the winner into an event.
>
Re: Sandra Taylor
> I figure once Infinity sees the first couple of books with
> "Lite FM" and "Gene and Julie" firmly in place, the Fire
> Sale sign will go up on the station door immediately.
"Infinity" doesn't exist any more--it was changed months ago in the reorg to CBS Radio. Also, lite fm was up in the most recent trend too and is back in the top 10.
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> I figure once Infinity sees the first couple of books with
> "Lite FM" and "Gene and Julie" firmly in place, the Fire
> Sale sign will go up on the station door immediately.
"Infinity" doesn't exist any more--it was changed months ago in the reorg to CBS Radio. Also, lite fm was up in the most recent trend too and is back in the top 10.
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newgirlx
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before "legal" kicked in
In the 70's, I won a pair of roller skates on Ron Chapman's show. How exciting to talk live on the air on KVIL and hear my name announced! When I went to redeem them I was told that the "client" decided not to provide them, so there would be no prize.
Can you imagine that happening now?
In the 70's, I won a pair of roller skates on Ron Chapman's show. How exciting to talk live on the air on KVIL and hear my name announced! When I went to redeem them I was told that the "client" decided not to provide them, so there would be no prize.
Can you imagine that happening now?
KLUV screwed me out of something in 1997
You know back in 1997 I won something from KLUV. They called me back saying I had won something 30 days before and wasn't eligible. Then I went to the calendar and proved to them I was in fact eligible because it had been 34 days. They pitched fits with me until I gave up. I am sure I could have sued them but it wasn't worth it. Chuck Brinkman was behind it all and I found out later he didn't want me to win the item!<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by PonderPrincess on 03/27/06 12:39 AM.</FONT></P>
You know back in 1997 I won something from KLUV. They called me back saying I had won something 30 days before and wasn't eligible. Then I went to the calendar and proved to them I was in fact eligible because it had been 34 days. They pitched fits with me until I gave up. I am sure I could have sued them but it wasn't worth it. Chuck Brinkman was behind it all and I found out later he didn't want me to win the item!<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by PonderPrincess on 03/27/06 12:39 AM.</FONT></P>
Re: Sandra Taylor
> Now originally, the annual lease was done through a
> promotion with Late Chevrolet. Of course, Late sold out
> right after the contest and became Jim Johnson Chevrolet,
> and later Reliable Chevrolet. I assume they still have some
> level of obligation written in to the old contract as well.
>
> Actually it was Friendly Chevrolet who made the deal with KVIL..
i do remember the morning of the contest, and i Think it was Ken Barnett in a cherry picker with several pairs of gloves on, who selected the winning entry..
> Now originally, the annual lease was done through a
> promotion with Late Chevrolet. Of course, Late sold out
> right after the contest and became Jim Johnson Chevrolet,
> and later Reliable Chevrolet. I assume they still have some
> level of obligation written in to the old contract as well.
>
> Actually it was Friendly Chevrolet who made the deal with KVIL..
i do remember the morning of the contest, and i Think it was Ken Barnett in a cherry picker with several pairs of gloves on, who selected the winning entry..
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