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●In 1989, on the show Grandstand, a fight started between members of
staff while Des Lynam was talking about his professional team. In the end, Des
Lynam, the reporter for the sports show, announced that it was an April
Fool's joke.
●WIXE in Monroe, North Carolina, is a radio station. In 2009, news reporter Bob Rogers said he was going to change his show (country music) to heavy metal, a kind of rock music. Hearing this, a lot of listeners made phone calls to the radio station, asking for a song.
●In 1993, a radio station in San Diego City told listeners that the US Space Shuttle would be landing at a small local airport very soon.
Over 1, 000 people drove there in the
morning rush hour. As a result, the police had to be called in to deal with toffee
problems. However, the shuttle didn't land at all,
●In 1998, two reporters for WAAF, a radio station, said Boston mayor(市长) Thomas Menino had been killed in a car accident. Menino was just flying then. The "news" spread quickly across the city, causing the two to lose their jobs.
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