11Triple J radio station
In 1989, the Australian youth radio station Triple J played the song "Express Yourself" by N.W.A. Hip hop group on a continuous loop for 24 hours (360 times in a row) while the station went on a protest strike against censorship of NWA's song F*ck Tha Police.
12Superman Radio Show
In the 1940s, the Superman Radio Show had Superman fight their version of the KKK using real information about the Klan. This was a crippling blow to the organization, causing recruitment to drastically decrease. In response, the KKK ordered a boycott of the Radio Show’s sponsor, Kellogg.
13Close to TV
Sitting close to the TV will not damage your eyesight. The myth spread after it was discovered that televisions made prior to 1967 emitted excessive radiation.
14Los Angeles Examiner
In 1937, a newspaper named Los Angeles Examiner published a full-page map predicting Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
15Inverse Square Law
All of our terrestrial radio and television broadcasts become indistinguishable from background noise at only a few light years away from the Earth thanks to the inverse square law.
16Heaviest newspaper
The heaviest newspaper ever delivered was the September 14, 1987 edition of the New York Times. It weighed 12 lbs. (5.4kg) and contained 1,612 pages.
17Elvis Presley first appearance
The peak of TV attention can be assigned an exact date: Sunday, September 9, 1956, when Elvis Presley made his first appearance on television, on CBS’s Ed Sullivan Show. Its 82.6% share of US viewers has never been equaled or bettered.
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18Winston cigarettes
In the 60s not only could you advertise cigarettes on television, but you could have cartoon characters be the pitchmen. For example, The Flintstones endorsed Winston cigarettes.
19Rainbow Connection
In 1996, a man broke into a radio station in New Zealand, held the staff hostage, and made them play Kermit’s Rainbow Connection non-stop.
20John R. Brinkley
Country music became popular in America partially through a pirate radio station of a quack doctor named John R. Brinkley based out of Kansas who built a fortune on a procedure to implant goat testicles into men's scrotums.
