Patterico's Pontifications

4/3/2008

April Fool’s Day Radio Hoaxes [Shameless plug alert]

Filed under: Humor,Miscellaneous — Justin Levine @ 5:07 pm



[posted by Justin Levine]

As the world’s foremost authority on the subject [PDF link], I gotta pay my respects to KXOL in Los Angeles for pulling off a good one. [h/t: Franklin Avenue]

They managed to hit the sweet spot between outrageousness and believability that is required for any broadcast hoax – an increasingly difficult feat to pull off when most are on their guard for April Fool’s Day.

– Justin Levine

3 Responses to “April Fool’s Day Radio Hoaxes [Shameless plug alert]”

  1. Justin,

    Your article is very interesting and well written.

    DRJ (a431ca)

  2. Definitely a great prank!

    A commenter at the article notes that the police could have saved themselves some time by calling the station – and I don’t disagree, particularily given the date. But, I always wish these pranksters would give the heads-up to the authorities in these situations – I just hate wasting resources.

    Bob Loblaw (6d485c)

  3. It was ruined for me when they fell back to the “raising awareness” defense. I suppose with that much heat they had to turn the forces of PC back with a Get Out Of Jail Free card.

    rhodeymark (923596)


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