Two items from the “less than truthful” files tonight…
KSAS BSU Rendezvous promo “padded”
KSAS has a promo on the air that so packed for of lies it makes you laugh. It’s for the station’s SINGLE trip to see Boise State play Hawai’i on the islands. Let’s dissect:
- The promo says its the trip “money can’t buy” (unless you have $1,365 and a computer)
- It says you also get tickets to the Kiss FM exclusive Haunted World (exclusive how?)
- Notes that the trip is from the “BSU Broncos and 103.3 Kiss FM,” which - since the school has no involvement, isn’t true
- And of course they’re doing the usual trickery to make it seem like lots of people are winning, when in fact just one person will win.
KCIX and the non-exclusive exclusive show
KCIX told listeners last week that it was the only station giving away tickets to the Pat Monahan show (Monahan is the lead singer of Train). Which isn’t true - since several of the Journal stations also gave away passes. This was in error - see this.
The last time I was beating this dead horse, “Muck Raker” made a good point:
In some quarters this would be referred to as the sacrifice of long-term listener relationships at the expense of an attempt to score short-term gains. Others would call it deception, nefarious prevarication or just being cheap.
Know of a station not stretching the truth? Drop me a line.
on Oct 16th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Did you mean fast and loose?
on Oct 16th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Umm. Yes… corrected.
on Oct 16th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
I had some self doubt. Wondered if it was a play on words or something.
This is one groovy blog, by the way, even if I don’t understand what you’re talking about half the time.
on Oct 17th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
If the Peak boys like being in court so much, why don’t they go to stenography school?
on Oct 17th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Just to clarify…Mix did host a private performance from Pat Monahan before his concert at the Big Easy. The only way to get in was to win them from us.
on Oct 17th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Fair enough - I’ll update the copy.