Favorite Radio Moment

[Debi]

Today we are going back in time and remembering Art Bell. He had many memorable "moments" on air with callers! Radio is full of those moments.

What are some of your memorable moments of radio?
Doesn't have to be Art related. Any fun radio moment!
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[Debi]

One of my favorites was when Art admitted he had Crazy Glued his lips together. lol
And then there was Elaine with Bigfoot. Classic moments that had us staying up half the night to hear this man from the desert.

My son and his wife went to see one of the regulars from the Bob and Tom show, Hayward Banks. He was appearing at a local comedy club last night, and at 76 he's still singing his crazy songs. He asked for any requests from the crowd and my son yelled out "Cat's Got Dead!" Hayward laughed as that was from waaay back but he still remembered the song. The thing is, my kids used to listen daily to that show just to hear him, and that song on the radio continues to bring laughter to this day.

 

[Paintman]

Eating the light bulb.

 

[Debi]

Eating the light bulb.

He had some of us convinced!

 

[garnetsilver]

Well, I'm not proud of it, but back in my twenties I listened to a radio station that accepted requests. I'd had a rough day at work and just wanted to chill and listen to my favorite song, so I called in a request. The DJ answered and I named the song I wanted. He actually tried to dissuade me from my choice, saying it was getting too popular. So I swore at him and hung up. The song started playing right after that.

 

[Duke]

Podomatic | Larry Glick WBZ - Graveyard Marauder Larry Glick WBZ - Graveyard Marauder

Must have missed this question. This 10 minute 1970s interview of a (then) well known Boston-area PI by legendary WBZ overnight guy Larry Glick is my favorite radio bit ever. The PI was hired to identify a very large man who vandalized graveyards. I heard this live.

Listen to this, his story of finding the "Graveyard Marauder" overnight during a storm in the graveyard is both frightening and funny.

 

[7Critter]

I liked the AB episode where a man called in while flying over area 51. We later found out it was an act by Art and a friend.

 

[7Critter]

I used to listen to Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers who were in real life Tom and Ray Magliozzi. People would call in with car issues and the brothers would offer possible solution(s) in a very funny and round about manner. The brothers were usually correct. They would get call backs, often saying " you were correct . . "
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Link: Car Talk - Wikipedia

 

[7Critter]

I associate listen to the radio with driving in the car; routine driving like to and from work or a " Sunday drive " on weekends. I would search for a talk program to keep me company while driving. When I reached my destination, I would sit in the car to finish listening to a segment or the ninth inning of a ballgame ( still do that ).