Tuesday Morning Other Stuff (4-1-08)

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Quote: Originally Posted by TJdaSportsGuy

Anyone who falls for that $150 PS3 thing is an April Fool, lol! QOTD: We did a joke on the radio a few years ago where, without any sort of promo, went on the air at 7pm that night, broadcasting "Opening Day" of Wilmington's new minor league baseball team, live from the "new river front stadium" downtown. Having minor league ball in Wilmington has been a big object of contention for years. They had two cracks at it in the last 15 years, but both times, it didn't work because they had to play in UNCW's stadium, which means no beer sales (state university rules). Anyway, we went on the air with the pregame show and did an entire 9-inning broadcast of a baseball game that wasn't actually happening in a stadium that didn't exist. We had sound effects, had the mayor up into the "broadcast booth" in the 3rd inning, postgame player interviews, the whole 9 yards. The reaction was fantastic. We got newspaper and TV coverage out of it...the AP even picked up on the story and it was reported nationally in some markets. My broadcast partner and I did about 20 interviews on radio stations all over the country after it was all said and done. Needless to say, this prank worked like a charm. Apparently, there were tons of people circling around the streets of downtown Wilmington trying to find the new ballpark.

Hah, that's funny because Wilmington (Del.) does have a minor league baseball team. And they have a stadium on the river front.