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Happy Thanksgiving - Classic WKRP Turkey Drop

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Happy Thanksgiving! Here is a holiday radio classic. A 1978 episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, became an instant classic when WKRP decided to stir up some publicity by dropping live turkeys from a helicopter. Interestingly, this famous WKRP episode was loosely based on actual event. In 1946, the city of Yellville, Arkansas inaugurated the "Turkey Trot Festival" which included a wild turkey calling contest, a turkey target shoot, a Miss Drumsticks Pageant and a live turkey release from the roof of the courthouse. After a few years, someone thought it might be fun to actually toss the turkeys out of a low-flying airplane for the event. This repeated for a number of years until 1989 when a national animal-rights protest cast the event in a bad light and the "National Enquirer" splashed a photo of the event across the nation forcing promoters to stop the turkey drop. We've posted a video copy of the bit on our FB page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/RadioLinx-Broadcast-Marketing/151608504901185
 
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