21Joe Kohlhofer
In 2015, a radio DJ named Joe Kohlhofer in Austria barricaded himself into his studio and played Wham's 'Last Christmas' 24 times in a row. He did it as a protest for lack of holiday spirit and only stopped after his 4-year-old daughter called in to complain.
22The Loop
When Chicago radio station “the loop” was replaced by a Christian music station, they signed off with the song ‘Highway to Hell.’
23Music on Hold
The practice of playing music for callers on hold began with a faulty phone line connection. A loose wire touching the steel frame of an office building caused it to act as a giant radio receiver, allowing callers to hear music from local radio stations while they waited on hold.
24Wanted Ads
Immediately after the end of slavery was declared in America, there was a surge in Wanted Ads placed in newspapers across the country. African-Americans used them to search for family members sold or escaped, sometimes decades earlier.
25The War of The Worlds
The story of mass panic in New York caused by the radio broadcast of The War of The Worlds in 1938 is largely false and was caused by the newspaper industry sensationalizing the story, seeing it as an opportunity to attack the radio as being an untrustworthy source of news.
