# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2276
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45506 "2016-08-03T17:55:29Z")
Songs that make you change the radio station 1. “Rock the Casbah” by the Clash 2. “I Keep Working My Way Back To You Babe” by the Spinners 3. “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro 4. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley 5. “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder 6. “Muskrat Love” by America, or the Captain & Tennille 7. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” 8. “True” by Spandau Ballet ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45507 "2016-08-03T18:58:21Z")
Songs that make you change the radio station 1. “Rock the Casbah” by the Clash 2. “I Keep Working My Way Back To You Babe” by the Spinners 3. “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro 4. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley 5. “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder 6. “Muskrat Love” by America, or the Captain & Tennille 7. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” 8. “True” by Spandau Ballet 9. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” I don’t know who wrote or performed it and I’m not going to look it up. Urrgggh, hate it! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45508 "2016-08-03T21:07:40Z")
Songs that make you change the radio station 1. “Rock the Casbah” by the Clash 2. “I Keep Working My Way Back To You Babe” by the Spinners 3. “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro 4. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley 5. “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder 6. “Muskrat Love” by America, or the Captain & Tennille 7. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” 8. “True” by Spandau Ballet 9. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 10. “Blurred Lines”, Robin Thicke and Pharrel I actually liked it at first, but it got so overplayed and Robin Thicke is such a disgusting character that between them it made me hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45509 "2016-08-03T21:38:09Z")
Songs that make you change the radio station 1. “Rock the Casbah” by the Clash 2. “I Keep Working My Way Back To You Babe” by the Spinners 3. “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro 4. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley 5. “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder 6. “Muskrat Love” by America, or the Captain & Tennille 7. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” 8. “True” by Spandau Ballet 9. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 10. “Blurred Lines”, Robin Thicke and Pharrel 11. “Don’t Stop Believin’”, Journey I used to love it, but I got so tired of hearing it I can’t stand it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45510 "2016-08-03T22:25:12Z")
Songs that make you change the radio station 1. “Rock the Casbah” by the Clash 2. “I Keep Working My Way Back To You Babe” by the Spinners 3. “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro 4. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley 5. “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder 6. “Muskrat Love” by America, or the Captain & Tennille 7. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” 8. “True” by Spandau Ballet 9. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 10. “Blurred Lines”, Robin Thicke and Pharrel 11. “Don’t Stop Believin’”, Journey 12. Christmas Shoes ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45511 "2016-08-03T23:15:51Z")
1. “Rock the Casbah” by the Clash 2. “I Keep Working My Way Back To You Babe” by the Spinners 3. “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro 4. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley 5. “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder 6. “Muskrat Love” by America, or the Captain & Tennille 7. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” 8. “True” by Spandau Ballet 9. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 10. “Blurred Lines”, Robin Thicke and Pharrel 11. “Don’t Stop Believin’”, Journey 12. Christmas Shoes 13. “Baby,” Justin Bieber LOL panache45, that’s also a huge Christmas thumbs-down in our house. New: Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45512 "2016-08-04T02:26:25Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45513 "2016-08-04T02:31:41Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45514 "2016-08-04T03:05:59Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45515 "2016-08-04T13:51:57Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. 5. You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45516 "2016-08-04T14:03:01Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. 5. You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." 6. The Gambling family has 3 generations John Bradley, John Alfred and John Robert who were hosts of WOR Radio’s (New York City, 710 AM) morning show Rambling with Gambling (now known as The John Gambling Show) over the course of over 75 years (1925–2000 and 2008–present). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45517 "2016-08-04T14:09:36Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." How much practice is necessary? The correct way - stop talking when the record begins because the opening is part of the song - seems pretty simple. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45518 "2016-08-04T14:23:45Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. 5. You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." 6. The Gambling family has 3 generations John Bradley, John Alfred and John Robert who were hosts of WOR Radio’s (New York City, 710 AM) morning show Rambling with Gambling (now known as The John Gambling Show) over the course of over 75 years (1925–2000 and 2008–present). 7. BMIR – 94.5 FM (aka Burning Man Information Radio) is the official pirate radio station of Burning Man ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45519 "2016-08-04T16:23:46Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. 5. You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." 6. The Gambling family has 3 generations John Bradley, John Alfred and John Robert who were hosts of WOR Radio’s (New York City, 710 AM) morning show Rambling with Gambling (now known as The John Gambling Show) over the course of over 75 years (1925–2000 and 2008–present). 7. BMIR – 94.5 FM (aka Burning Man Information Radio) is the official pirate radio station of Burning Man 8. In spite of being many times more expensive than a computer would be now in terms of price v. average income, the radio so changed American society in such a short period of time in the 1920s that the 1930 Census asked about home radio ownership. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45520 "2016-08-04T16:32:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How much practice is necessary? The correct way - stop talking when the record begins because the opening is part of the song - seems pretty simple. Requires a sense of timing, in order to finish a complete statement exactly as the vocalist begins. Every song has a unique interval, which must be known with split-second exactness. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45521 "2016-08-04T17:00:01Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How much practice is necessary? The correct way - stop talking when the record begins because the opening is part of the song - seems pretty simple. > [@jtur88](#): > > Requires a sense of timing, in order to finish a complete statement exactly as the vocalist begins. Every song has a unique interval, which must be known with split-second exactness. Actually, since everything is computerized, each song has a built in timer which counts down from the first note/downbeat/etc to the first lyric, which displays on the DJs panel. They had this tech in the 80s, so I’m sure it’s been much improved upon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45522 "2016-08-04T17:33:11Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Requires a sense of timing, in order to finish a complete statement exactly as the vocalist begins. Every song has a unique interval, which must be known with split-second exactness. I understand the procedure. My point was that the DJ shouldn’t be talking during the song at all. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45523 "2016-08-04T18:42:43Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. 5. You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." 6. The Gambling family has 3 generations John Bradley, John Alfred and John Robert who were hosts of WOR Radio’s (New York City, 710 AM) morning show Rambling with Gambling (now known as The John Gambling Show) over the course of over 75 years (1925–2000 and 2008–present). 7. BMIR – 94.5 FM (aka Burning Man Information Radio) is the official pirate radio station of Burning Man 8. In spite of being many times more expensive than a computer would be now in terms of price v. average income, the radio so changed American society in such a short period of time in the 1920s that the 1930 Census asked about home radio ownership. 9. I was an intern at WHBC in Canton, Ohio in January 1986, and read the hourly news several times on the air. OK, maybe not _that_ interesting… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45524 "2016-08-04T18:55:03Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. 5. You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." 6. The Gambling family has 3 generations John Bradley, John Alfred and John Robert who were hosts of WOR Radio’s (New York City, 710 AM) morning show Rambling with Gambling (now known as The John Gambling Show) over the course of over 75 years (1925–2000 and 2008–present). 7. BMIR – 94.5 FM (aka Burning Man Information Radio) is the official pirate radio station of Burning Man 8. In spite of being many times more expensive than a computer would be now in terms of price v. average income, the radio so changed American society in such a short period of time in the 1920s that the 1930 Census asked about home radio ownership. 9. I was an intern at WHBC in Canton, Ohio in January 1986, and read the hourly news several times on the air. 10. Border Blasters were Mexican radio stations that broadcast at much higher power than American stations and were therefore able to be heard in much of the American southwest. These stations were eventually restricted by a 1972 agreement between the United States and Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45525 "2016-08-04T20:27:22Z")
Interesting facts and trivia about radio 1. At 12:00 AM 12/14/1993, NYC classical station WNCN became “active rock” WAXQ, without telling anyone ahead of time. Listeners expecting Bach on their radio alarms got AC/DC instead. 2. KDKA in Pittsburgh was (in 1920) the first commercially-licensed radio stations in the U.S., and is the one of the few radio stations east of the Mississippi whose callsign starts with K and not W. 3. A decade before Wolfman Jack arrived there, Paul Kellenger was the star of all night radio at XERF in Mexico. Mellow-voiced Kellenger sold (besides mail order baby chicks), for a dollar, autographed pictures of Jesus Christ. They were pictures of Jesus, alright, but the signature said “Sincerely Yours, Paul Kellenger”) 4. David Sarnoff was a Jewish immigrant and Marconi operator who relayed news of the Titanic sinking to the crowds outside Wanamaker’s Department Store where his station was and suggested to Marconi this indicated there was probably a huge market for instant home radio. In a famous memo he was told, basically, that the idea of home radio was silly. 5. You know how DJ’s often talk over the instrumental opening of a song, right up until the vocals begin? This takes some practice to get right and is known as" hitting the post." 6. The Gambling family has 3 generations John Bradley, John Alfred and John Robert who were hosts of WOR Radio’s (New York City, 710 AM) morning show Rambling with Gambling (now known as The John Gambling Show) over the course of over 75 years (1925–2000 and 2008–present). 7. BMIR – 94.5 FM (aka Burning Man Information Radio) is the official pirate radio station of Burning Man 8. In spite of being many times more expensive than a computer would be now in terms of price v. average income, the radio so changed American society in such a short period of time in the 1920s that the 1930 Census asked about home radio ownership. 9. I was an intern at WHBC in Canton, Ohio in January 1986, and read the hourly news several times on the air. 10. Border Blasters were Mexican radio stations that broadcast at much higher power than American stations and were therefore able to be heard in much of the American southwest. These stations were eventually restricted by a 1972 agreement between the United States and Mexico. 11. Lucille Ball claimed to have picked up coded transmissions through fillings in her teeth that led to the discovery of an underground Japanese radio station in Los Angeles while filming _DuBarry was a Lady_ in 1942. [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/fillings.asp](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/fillings.asp) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2277)