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News article about an April Fool's joke
The following appeared in the April 2, 1992 Longmont, Colorado {Daily
Times-Call}. Any typos are mine.
Listeners Fall for Phone Dust Fooling
FORT COLLINS (AP) - An April Fool's Day joke conducted by two radio
stations in Fort Collins may have gotten a little out of hand.
Deejays at KTRR-FM and KGLL-FM announced over the air that US West
planned to "blow out" telephone lines in Weld and Larimer counties in
the afternoon to clean out any dust.
Worried US West customers jammed phone lines at the company after the
deejays said they should either disconnect their phones or cover them
with plastic, "otherwise there would be a large mess in their offices
or homes."
"We've been bombarded by calls from our customers," said Edie Ortega,
a spokeswoman for US West in Fort Collins. "It caused some pretty
serious problems with call volumes to us."
The stations broadcast retractions shortly after US West contacted
Gary Buchanan, manager for the two stations.
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