Ex-DJ says there is no caller 100 during giveaways

“‘Saved By The Bell’ had me trying to time my call to a radio station to win stuff”: Ex-DJ says there is no caller 100 during giveaways

On Sep 10, 2023 by Melody Heald

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‘You just answered my lifelong question’: DJ reveals how radio contests really work

'You missed the part when the real '9th caller' don’t have the energy we want so we take the next caller.'

On Oct 7, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘Target thinking they’re clever but jokes on them…’: TikToker goes viral for listening to Target employees’ conversations with Motorola radio

'It’s sad really to just listen to other people work.'

On Jul 23, 2022 by Melody Heald

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Canadian radio station brings unexpected joy by playing ‘Killing in the Name’ for 30 hours

No matter what people requested, the station played only one song.

On Jun 30, 2022 by Michelle Jaworski

A woman in Chicago heard her neighbor talk about her on the radio.

‘All she wants to do is talk, talk, talk’: TikToker hears radio host neighbor complain about her on-air

'You don't have to be friends with me'

On Nov 2, 2021 by Tricia Crimmins

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Dan Bongino threatens to leave radio show over company vaccine mandate

'You can have me, or you can have the mandate, but you can't have both of us/'

On Oct 19, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

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Roger Stone calls Black radio host a racial slur, gaslights him when confronted

'I did not. You're out of your mind. You're out of your mind.'

On Jul 19, 2020 by Eilish O'Sullivan

Don Imus dies

Radio host Don Imus dead at 79

He died after being hospitalized on Christmas Eve in Texas.

On Dec 27, 2019 by Sierra Juarez

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Pete Buttigieg’s country radio interview was blocked from the air

Blair Garner later released the interview on his personal SoundCloud account.

On Jul 22, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich

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Trans community boycotts Charlamagne Tha God, radio show after trans murder ‘joke’

Activists are standing up against the transphobia in hip-hop.

On Aug 1, 2017 by Nayomi Reghay

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FM radio stations hacked to play NSFW anti-Trump anthem

The song, by rappers YG and Nipsey Hussle, is called 'FDT.'

On Feb 3, 2017 by Christina Bonnington

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Facebook’s Live Audio goes after booming podcast industry

Close your eyes and listen live.

On Dec 21, 2016

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Nicolas Jaar launches a cryptic radio network

333 channels of pure, blissful noise.

On Aug 30, 2016 by Kristen Hubby

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Peabody finalists include streaming giants from Netflix, Amazon, HBO

From podcasts to fan-favorite Marvel series.

On Apr 12, 2016 by Molly Stier

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Amazon Echo, home alone with NPR on, got confused and hijacked a thermostat

Alexa is a big 'This American Life' fan.

On Mar 12, 2016 by AJ Dellinger