| My personal favorite April Fools prank |
by SouthpawPL |
2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
Especialy since I was listening to the station at work that day.
I was totally rooked and actually asked my boss if I could take the rest of the day off to drive down to SD to see the shuttle!
From the Museum ofHoaxes:
#30: The 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
small airport located in the middle of a residential area just outside of San Diego.
Thousands of commuters immediately headed towards the landing site, causing enormous traffic jams that
lasted for almost an hour. Police eventually had to be called in to clear the traffic. People arrived at
the airport armed with cameras, camcorders, and even folding chairs. Reportedly the crowd swelled to
over 1,000 people.
Of course, the shuttle never landed.
In fact, the Montgomery Field airport would have been far too small for the shuttle to even consider
landing there. Moreover, there wasn't even a shuttle in orbit at the time. The police were not amused by
the prank. They announced that they would be billing the radio station for the cost of forcing officers
to direct the traffic.
In addition to being billed by the SD Police, the station was also issued
a "Stern Reprimand" by the City Government!
Tomorrow morning from 7 to 11 a.m. PST, in recognition of April Fools Day,
KGB will be airing their "Best of April Fools' Day": 16 years of pranks and hoaxes, including this one.
If you would like to listen,
there is a stream at 101kgb.com. |
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haha, KGB. I wish they did that. (n/t) | by shminux | 2006-03-31 11:06:53 |
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What do you mean? | by SouthpawPL | 2006-03-31 11:43:33 |
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the "real" KGB, not the radio station (n/t) | by shminux | 2006-03-31 12:20:03 |
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My favorite was when Taco Bell announced that they | by SnArL | 2006-03-31 11:07:56 |
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Don't forget the failed spaghetti harvest. | by AndyA | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Now that's freakin awesome (n/t) | by tonza | 2006-03-31 11:30:17 |
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A great prank for Saturday morning | by hieraco | 2006-03-31 11:15:04 |
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That is too cruel, but I love it. | by merlin | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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I looked there - no it just changes the type of | by hieraco | 2006-03-31 12:43:03 |
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I remember someone doing that in the UK | by AndyA | 2006-03-31 11:20:36 |
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My dad works with some guys that did that | by SnArL | 2006-03-31 11:26:56 |
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This is an AWESOME one to pull on Sat. night... | by tonza | 2006-03-31 11:22:52 |
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Pity most of the world tried that a week early. | by AndyA | 2006-03-31 11:24:37 |
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Well that's moot for us in N. America | by kyrasantae | 2006-03-31 11:25:01 |
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that was the point. (n/t) | by tonza | 2006-03-31 11:27:29 |
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I wonder if that's the day engineers hang cars? | by celticess | 2006-03-31 12:12:52 |
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nah that's Caltech, MIT, and some of the other | by hieraco | 2006-03-31 12:40:28 |
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Yep..stuff like | by rorajoey | 2006-03-31 13:03:04 |
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BCIT, UBC, and SFU do it too | by celticess | 2006-03-31 14:58:04 |
