My favorite of all time was gettin on the radio and telling them (on a very foggy morning) that the B2 Stealth Bomber was at the local airport. 3000 people showed up...12 complaint calls from the FAA...5 point boost in the ratings.
Second Prize: was telling people the phone company was using high pressure air compressors to blow all the dust and dirt out of the telephone lines...and that as a public service...they need to put plastic bags over the telephone handset (this was back in the "old" days before cordless)...and secure it with a rubberband so all the phone line gunk wouldn't mess up their house.
The phones rang for 4 hours of folks wanting to know how to do it again.
Also...someone also got on the air on their very first day at the new station and said that Don Imus was dead....can't remember who that was.
