[IRCA] April Fool's radio pranks; was: Celsius - was - CFRB-1010

["Eric Floden" <eric.f99999@xxxxxxxxx>]

My favourite April Fool's radio prank was when BBC announced Big Ben would
be converted to digital.

A list of some radio pranks is at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool's_Day#By_radio_stations

two from the list I had not heard of but quite enjoyed reading about:

*New format*: Radio station KFOG in San
Francisco<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California>,
claiming new corporate ownership, switched to a new format - the best 15
seconds of every song. All morning they mixed in false calls from perky
listeners calling with compliments. This hoax can also be considered a
parody <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody> of late 1990s media
consolidations <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_consolidation>.

*Defying gravity*: In 1976, British astronomer Sir Patrick
Moore<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Patrick_Moore>told listeners of
BBC
Radio 2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_Two> that unique alignment
of two planets would result in an upward gravitational pull making people
lighter at precisely 9:47 a.m. that day. He invited his audience to jump in
the air and experience "a strange floating sensation." Dozens of listeners
phoned in to say the experiment had worked.
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