Call me crazy, but when you get the kind of reaction for an April Fool's stunt like the one KXOL-FM/"Latino 96.3" pulled Tuesday, that, to me, is a successful bit.
The LAPD wound up visiting KXOL's studios after the station's "Morning Invasion" drive-time show set up a contest for tickets to London. One listener offered to tattoo her 2-year-old son; later on the show, listeners heard a wailing baby and the sound of a tattoo artist doing his work. The listener got the tickets, but the "Morning Invasion" crew were fired on-air by KXOL's general manager.
Of course, it was all a prank, there was no tattooed 2-year-old, and the morning team weren't fired. But it enraged listeners enough to call the cops. Read more about it here.
Meanwhile, in other local radio news:
-- Sluggo, the DJ formerly known as "Doug the Slug," is now doing the afternoon 4-7 p.m. drivetime shift on KROQ. He replaces Stryker, who still co-hosts "Loveline" but had to give up the KROQ afternoon slot last fall to focus on his duties as the DJ on Ellen DeGeneres' syndicated talk show.
-- Brian Whitman is out at KLSX 97.1 "Free FM"; he'd co-hosted the nighttime "Conway and Whitman Show." Tim Conway Jr. continues solo in the slot.
-- New owner Bonneville is expected to debut the new format at 100.3 FM by the end of the week, so it's your last chance to catch the R&B format of "V100."
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