Great American Pranks

For today I thought I would write about two of the greatest pranks in American history. The first occurred just last year and is infamously known as the Balloon Boy Hoax. This happened in Colorado when authorities responding to a 911 call from a family saying that their six year old boy climbed into a hot air balloon that looked like a UFO, and that they launched it forgetting the tether that was suppose to keep it grounded. The next day a home video was released of the incident. America for a few hours was enthralled about the fate of the balloon boy. That was until the balloon came down and there was no child to be found. No the boy did not fall out of the balloon like initial suspicions, in fact he was in his parents garage  the entire time. The media started to suspect correctly that It was a publicity stunt because the family was about to be put on a reality show. The cost of the stunt to the state of Colorado was over $14,000 paying for helicopter airplanes and the fuel for their use. Later the parents pleaded guilty to the chargers that were filed against them.

The second great American prank is radio related. In 1938 for a Halloween special was aired on the Colombia Broadcasting System network. The special was called “War of the Worlds” Directed by Orson Wells. The first hour of this broadcast was news broadcasts of a Martian attack. Well some listeners believed that they were actually under attack. newspapers reported that panic in some areas ensued and people evacuated their own homes. Surprisingly despite what the public wanted, Wells escaped both criminal punishment and he kept his job.

So the Question of the day is what did you do today for April Fools? or what is the best prank you’ve participated in or was done to you?

By: Skip Scandal

Your Niche

I believe that everyone in the world has their own niche in society, a job or hobby that they enjoy, maybe it’s even an obsession. Me, I am in love with football, I study it, play it, and watch it as much as I can. I play the Fantasy Football with my dad and his co-workers, and I have books like: The Blind Side, The Heisman, The Greatest Football Stories Ever Told, and When Pride Still Mattered. I’ve never felt like an outcast because of my obsession, because  it is mainstream, but there are people with what some people call weird hobbies. I believe it is wrong for a person to be listed as weird, or even out casted because there niche isn’t widely accepted by society. Some of my best friends play Dungeons and Dragons, and even go to the medieval reenactments. I have other friends that are obsessed with and do amazing things with computers. My friends were never “popular” in high school because they do what makes them happy. Most people would rather you play basket ball and hate it then do something “weird.” I just feel like everyone has that weird obsession in them whether it be football, computers, or fishing so why do we make certain groups feel bad about it and what is your niche?

By: Skip Scandal

Comment Questions

Blog Update: “Overtime…”  The NFL did change the rules for overtime(with a 28-4 vote), but the changes will only be implemented in the postseason (ESPN.com). Do you think this is a good or bad change?

Criticism Comment: What do you want to read more about, Current events, Sports, or other?

Fun Question: Let’s say you go to watch your favorite team and a fan of the opposing team has seats next to yours, how do you behave toward them for the next few hours?

Next Post will be hmm… How about April Fools Day!

Skip… A man with a dream

A dream to have a real radio name. I’ve had many sleepless nights pondering names that would suit me. They were good, but they weren’t perfect. So I am coming to you, the experts. I know you’ve heard countless names and I bet that you can come up with the best alias of all time. Unlike my parents you get a chance to get to know me before naming me. My real name is Alex. I lived in California till I was fourteen then I moved to Kentucky. I am a college student at MSU, and I am a freshmen. I watch most every sport, but my favorite is football. I started working at Bristol Broadcasting right after high school. It is the best job I’ve ever had; I mean I get to work with Andy and Andrews, Nick Black, And Snapper Williams all the time. I am a board operator, this means that I sit in the studio while one of the DJ’s is at a remote and broadcast what they say at certain parts of each hour.  I am always laughing and having fun at work and outside of work. On Sundays me and my friends get together to play football. I’m a movie buff, I usually don’t go to theatres I like to get the Dvds. Also I love music, especially classic rock, I’m talking about The Beatles, The Who, Elton John, and Kiss. This is why movies like “Tommy” and “Across the Universe” are my favorites. One day I walk into work and ask Nick if I could be a writer on the blog. He said sure, then put my on the air and called me Skip 2mylue, and that brings us too now. It’s time for Skip to grow up, I need a name that pops, it has got to be bold, elegant, shiny, and catchy, you know “the works”. This is a moment that can’t be passed up, every time you hear or read my name from now on you can say “I did that, I named him.” You’ll be the envy of your street. It’ll be a story you can tell your children and your children’s children, you’ll go down in history as the fans that renamed Skip. Please comment with the best names you can think of and make my dream become a reality. You will have until Friday the 12th at 3:00 pm if your suggested name is chosen you will win a WHITESNAKE Deluxe Edition CD, how cool is that?

By:  Skip 2mylue (Board Operator)

Overtime…

There has been a buzz about the extension period of certain sports over the last weekend. Namely the NFL and the Olympic hockey gold medal game. In overtime the Olympics they played a four on four game with the first score deciding who won. While according to NHL.com under rule 84 they play one five minute period with all five members intact. So the problem is did the Canadian’s more experienced lineup have an advantage in overtime? One player doesn’t seem like much but it opens up skating room, matchup problems, and did the American team even have plays and defenses designed for four players? When you take away 20% of a team it has a big impact. I’m not trying to take anything away from the Canadian team they played great and deserved the gold but the overtime rule did have an effect on the game. The NFL is also having overtime issues.  I know the season is over but the offseason is in full swing which includes the competition committee. They want to be fair to both teams that enter overtime so here is the proposed rule that I got from ESPN.com. The first team that scores a touchdown wins the game, if the first team with the ball scores a field goal the opponent will get a chance to tie or win the game, if both teams score a field goal the next team to score wins the game. This is a classic case of “if it is not broke don’t fix it” there is a reason football is the most watched sport in America, it is because in football everything counts; every score, turnover, win, lose, you only get one shot at a playoff game, and sudden death overtime. Whoever scores first wins and that’s it. Some people say that it’s not fair to the team that loses the coin flip because sometimes they never get to see the ball. Teams spend millions of dollars on defensive players and coaches so there should be no excuse for a defense to not come up with a stop in the clutch. And if the head coach distrusts his defense he can always go for the onside kick, it worked for the Saints. A lot of the excitement in this sport is knowing you only got one shot to make something happen it’d be a shame to see that taken away.

BY: Skip2mylue (Board Operator)

The first Snapper Blog

DISCLAIMER: The following is the sole opinion of Snapper Williams. It is intended for entertainment purposes only, and does not reflect the opinions and/or viewpoints of WQQR-FM or Bristol Broadcasting. That being said… If you are offended, please don’t slash my tires. Please direct that toward Andy Rudd’s pickup.

So, here we are, my friends. The first ever blog of Snapper Williams. I have decided to start things out by telling you a little of what to expect from this blog. I’m going to be honest with you. I’m gonna rant about random topics and crazy news stories I come across and make smartass opinions about them… Well, without further adieu…

SEA WORLD TRAINER DIES IN KILLER WHALE ATTACK

Wednesday, Tourists at Sea World Orlando watched a killer whale fatally attack one of its trainers. Now, I’m not gonna make any stupid comments about a “killer” whale that killed this poor lady. What I will comment on is that this 12,000-pound animal has killed 3 people now in the last 29 years. Now I’m pretty sure after the first person died, they were like “Okay, this was a freak accident.” But after the second person died in 1999, that fish should have been shipped off to the cat food factory. And I read earlier today that officials at Sea World have decided to keep the murderous creature because it is “a part of the breeding program at Sea World and he has seven companions there in Orlando.” What? The thing kills 3 people and he not only gets to stay in his plush lifestyle [okay, it’s a nice fishbowl] and he still gets to get some with seven different companions? Okay, maybe I don’t understand the system here. Can’t they find another non-“killer” whale out there? Sorry, that time I just couldn’t stop myself.

GUY BULLDOZES HOUSE TO AVOID LOSING IT TO BANK

So this guy in Ohio bulldozed his house a week before losing it to the bank in a foreclosure. What was this guy thinking? Honestly, this is like saying I owe Nick Black $50 and instead of him taking something of mine, I’m gonna cut off my thumb. Yeah… that’ll show him to loan me money… Anyways, apparently this guy had used his home as collateral when he wanted to start a business and, thanks to our great economy right now, it tanked. So, instead of losing the house in a foreclosure, he bulldozed the $350,000 house he was living in. Doesn’t he realize that he still owes the bank the money, and now even more money since he’s homeless? Some people just surprise the hell out of me with the level of incompetence.

DUMB LAWS: TAMPA TEEN ARRESTED FOR WEARING CLOWN MASK

In Tampa this week, a nineteen-year old guy was arrested because he was walking down a street with a clown mask on during the day. Okay, this sounds like something I would have done when I was his age, but he was arrested? Because of what? Public stupidity? Acting like a creepy guy, because he was wearing a mask in February? But according to Florida Law [and I looked this up to make sure it was accurate]: “No one over the age of 16 can appear on any public road while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby any portion of their face is hidden, concealed or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer.” I think the question here is: Why was he wearing the mask? Did he just lose a bet with his buddies and have to wear it in public as part of losing? Did he have a hideous growth on his forehead that would scare little children away? Was he on illicit recreational drugs? Well, regardless of why he was wearing the mask, this law is about as dumb as another law I found for the great State of Nebraska: “Whale fishing is prohibited inside the state of Nebraska.” [well, crap. It seems I have come back to the subject of whales again.] But seriously, I could maybe understand the problems that may arise from wearing this mask, but get real. This probably just a dumb prank and the cop had nothing better to do.

[Side note: I am not saying that police don’t have anything better to do than harass people on the street. I support local law enforcement officers]

Well, it looks like this is the end of our chapter today of “Snapper’s Rants.” Be sure to tune in next Friday with new stories and rants! Remember to keep it cool… the beer, that is.

EDITOR’S NOTE: No whales were harmed in the making of this article.

Facebook

I’ve been hesitant to do this, We did the “Myspace” thing and it faded out…then we started a Twitter page and it was a flash in the pan thing…then I started this blog and was maintaining it, and now people are asking for a Facebook page.  So, to keep with the times and make us as easy to access as possible, here it is.  http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Double-Q/315552555898

I think you’ll have to be signed in to FACEBOOK to view it though.  I’m not sure about that.  However we would love to have you guys follow us along on Facebook.

On to some other news…we’re still waiting on the Bon Jovi tickets, hopefully we can make that happen for you.  Sometimes when shows are in Nashville or St.Louis and they’re BIG shows, getting access to tickets to give away to you is very hard.  Especially if they think the show will sell out.  But I’ll keep begging.

Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari has sent us more tickets to start giving away.  That will be happening in the next month or so.  As soon as they get ready to open, we’ll start our ticket giveaways.

Finally, What would make the Double Q a better listening experience for you?  What is it we/I could do to make you enjoy the Double Q more?  Special feature shows?  More Requests?  Less/More talk?  Local Sports programming?  How about our morning show?  Less/more talk.  More comedy bits or clips?  We really want you to feel like the Double Q is YOUR station.  Since the beginning we have made a great effort to not interrupt the music.  To let the music define the radio station.  But we are always looking to please as many listeners as possible and would like for you to feel like you can respond to us whenever you feel like you need to.  Without you the listeners and consumers who frequent our advertisers, the Double Q wouldn’t exsist.  So thank you for being a part of it thus far and we hope to make 2010 our biggest and best year ever!  Feel free to comment or if you prefer you can e-mail me directly at Nick@wqqr.com.  Thank you again and see you on Facebook!!!!

Sincerely,

Nick Black

Thursday 2/11/10

Times running out on winning the tickets to see Rick Springfield.  Andy and Andrews will have a pair in the morning and I’ll have the last set tomorrow afternoon.  Still have about 5 pair of the Bryan Adams tickets left and I’ll be giving those away through next week.  So plenty of time there.  .

**WINNERS NOTE**  After winning and we’re asking you all those personal questions, it is not necessary to include “270″ with your phone number.  We got it.  Thanks though. :O)

Working on putting some cool stuff together for Summer giveaways.  I’m hoping to get enough tickets for various things to have some sort of giveaway every day all Summer long.  We’ll see how that pans out.  I always ask for WAY more than I usually get. 

Don’t forget to send in those TOP 5 @ 5 requests.  That begins next week so get a move on people!  :O)

Chock Full O’ Tix

Aloha Blog-type people.  Andy here.  Deacon, my son, has been sick and I have missed the last two days and didn’t get to giveaway my Arenacross Tickets!!  Mid-America Arenacross is coming to the West Ky Expo Center in Murray this Saturday Night.  Doors open a 6pm.  I have a BUNCH of tickets to giveaway. 

So tomorrow (Thursday, Feb 11th, 2010)  I will be giving away tickets all morning long.  3 pair an hour from 6am to 9am.and just for you blog-reading people…..I will giveaway a pair a 6:10am, 7:10am, and 8:10am and will be looking for the first caller on those.

 

RAWK ON!!

-andy-rooo

The 2nd Greatest show on Earth

Alrighty, listen up guys.  I know your having a terrible time deciding what to get your significant other for Valentines Day.  So I have done the work for you.  The rest of this week, I will be giving away tickets to see Rick Springfield at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville on Valentines Day.  So keep listening.  Somewhere between 3 and 7pm I’ll have your chance to win. 

-Nick

Harley Winner

Hey guys, I want to thank all of you who showed up at Buckets for the Harley Davidson giveaway!  Congratulations to Mark Biven, the winner of the Brand new Harley Davidson from Four Rivers Harley Davidson.